ha'p'orth

/ ˈheɪpəθ /

noun

1. a variant spelling of halfpennyworth
2. informal.
   a person considered as specified

   daft ha'p'orth

Example Sentences

I'll slip up the stairs there, and maybe I can get a glimpse of 'em through the door an' no one a ha'p'orth the wiser.

From Project Gutenberg

And not a ha'p'orth of sense, at least there's no making out the sense.

From Project Gutenberg

"Innocent we be, but where the Deemster comes there's not a ha'p'orth to choose between you and us."

From Project Gutenberg

I'm deeply concerned that there's an assumption that simply by installing simple measures of preventing, shall we say, radical speakers from coming onto campus, we're going to make a ha'p'orth of difference to this issue.

From BBC

"If ye cud jist spare us a ha'p'orth ov milk to keep th' life in th' chile fur th' night?" he pleaded.

From Project Gutenberg