Dictionary definition: haporth

Article: Tasty ha'porth ; A jingle of a rhyme from the "bad ...
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  November 25, 2008 ;     361 words ... ... Down the path and over the wall A ha'porth of chips will serve us all. If you need a translation of "ha'porth" - because you won't know it these ... were 144 pence to the pounds1 and a ha'porth would have been half of one penny ...

Dictionary definition: Do not spoil the SHIP for a ha'porth ...
The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs;      525 words ...Do not spoil the SHIP for a ha'porth of tar Ship is a dialectal pronunciation ... metaphorical phrase to spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar is also found. 1623 W. Camden ... x2018;Don't spoil the sheep for a ha'porth of tar.’ 1910 Spectator ...

Article: For a ha'porth of oil.(nuclear nonproliferation ...
The Economist (US);  January 20, 1996 ;     700+ words ...MONEY isn't everything--until you run out of it. Dwindling funds are threatening the nuclear deal that the United States did with North Korea, to end the confrontation over its suspected bomb- building programme . The agreements will provide North Korea with two new, western- designed nuclear

Article: IN BRIEF: A ha'porth of ironing board.(News)
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  February 9, 2009 ;     301 words ...EXPERTS think they have discovered what is behind the intoxicating aroma of chips - a mixture of butterscotch, onion and ironing boards. Food scientists at Leeds University unravelled the smell of chips in the laboratory as well as using human noses. They broke down the smell into components using

Article: Spoiling the house for a ha'porth of tar. (rural ...
The Economist (US);  April 16, 1988 ;     700+ words ...TREASURY pettifogging is holding back an ingenious scheme to build low-cost village houses. Loss to the countryside: 250 privately financed houses a year-a lot by rural standards. Saving to the public purse: 1125,000. Cheap rural housing is vanishing in south England, and little is being built new:

Article: Porth works to build relationships.(Lawyers in the ...
Florida Bar News;  May 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ...As a prosecutor, Ari Porth has learned the value of advocacy. As ... where he got his law degree in 1995, Porth said he always wanted to serve in the ... law school--furthered that desire. Porth recalled when he worked in the juvenile ...

Article: AFC Porth on a silver streak in pursuit of title.
South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales);  April 28, 2009 ;     653 words ... ... phillips@walesonline.co.uk AFC PORTH are going for gold in style. Their youth ... outstanding success in leagues and cups, while Porth's first team are chasing down glory in MacWhirter Welsh League Division Three. Porth, representing a town at the junction of ...