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halfpennyworth
▪ I. halfpennyworth, n. (ˈheɪpənɪwɜːθ) Contracted ha'p'orth, ha'porth (ˈheɪpəθ). Also: α. 1 healfpeniᵹwurþ, 5 halpenyworth, 6 halpynworth. β. 5 halpworthe, 6 halporth, 7 half-p-worth, halfperth, 8 halp'worth, halfporth, 8–9 ha'p'worth, (dial. hawporth). [See worth.] As much as a halfpenny will purch...
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Halfpenny (British pre-decimal coin)
"A halfpennyworth of chips." In figurative use usually said disparagingly: e.g. "…and saying it doesn't make a halfpennyworth of difference!"
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halfpennyworth
halfpennyworth/ˈheɪpnɪwɜ:θ; `hepənɪˌwəθ/ (Brit haporth) n amount this would buy; very small amount 半便士能买到的东西; 极小数量.
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three-halfpennyworth
three-halfpennyworth usually contr. -ha'porth (-ˈheɪpəθ). [Cf. halfpennyworth.] As much as is worth, or costs, three-halfpence.c 1440 Promp. Parv. 492/2 Thre halpworthe, trissis. 1692 Southerne Wives Excuse i. i, Three halfperth of farthings. 1901 Essex Weekly News 15 Mar. 6/1 Deceased only had thre...
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Sawney
Sometimes also used in the term "Sawney Ha'peth", meaning "Scots halfpennyworth" implying "Scottish fool". At the time of the political union of Scotland and England in 1707, the Pound Scots was worth 1/12 of the Pound Sterling, thus a "Scots halfpennyworth"
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Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States
ha'porth (pronounced "HAY-puth") halfpennyworth.
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tarre
▪ I. tar, n.1 (tɑː(r)) Forms: α. 1 teru, teoru (-o), (-tearo); 3–5 (6– Sc.) ter, 4 (Sc. 4–) terr, 4–6 terre, 4–5 teer, (5 tere). β. 4–7 tarre, 4–8 tarr, 5 taar, 6– tar. γ. 1 tyrwe, 2 tirwe. [OE. teru (gen. terw-es), teoru (-o):—*terwo- neut. = MLG. ter. tere, LG. and (thence) mod.Ger. teer, Du. teer...
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hog
▪ I. hog, n.1 (hɒg) Also 4(?)–6 hogge, 6– hogg. [First exemplified c 1340, but the derivative hoggaster occurs c 1175: origin unknown. The word may possibly be contained in the OE. place-names Hocgestán (Hogston) and Hocgetwistle; but this is hardly likely. The conjecture that ME. hog represented Co...
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worth
▪ I. worth, n.1 (wɜːθ) Forms: 1 weorþ, weorð (1–2 weord), wurð (2 wurhðe), wyrþ, 1, 3 wurþ, 2–3 wurth (5 wurthe, wyrtht); 1, 4 worþ, 3– worth (6 wortht), 4–7 worthe, 6 woorth, wourth(e. [OE. weorþ (wurþ, worþ) neut., = OFris. werth, OS. werđ, OHG. werd (MHG. wert, G. werth, wert), ON. verð (Norw. ve...
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sheep
▪ I. sheep, n. (ʃiːp) Forms: α. 1 scéap, scǽp, scép, 2 sceæp, 2–3 sceap, 2–4 scep, (3 se(e)p, seop), 3–4 scepe, 3–5 (6 in comb.) schep, shep, 3–6 schepe, (4 ssep, schiep), 4–5 scheep, chepe, 4–6 shepe, (5 sheppe, Sc. scheipe, 6 sheip(pe, shiepe), 6–7 sheepe, Sc. scheip, (7 in comb. shepp), 4– sheep....
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