halfpennyworth

/ ˈheɪpəθ /

noun

But these are but the halfpennyworth of bread compared to the vast quantity of sack.

Can it be he has made up his mind to do without his halfpennyworth of milk for the dog?

Has anyone thrown away a halfpennyworth of sympathy upon any person mentioned in this history?

Not one halfpennyworth of property was lost, stolen, or strayed.

I never professed to have a halfpennyworth of pity at that gentleman's command.

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