noun
General Slang
haporth
· noun · geordie
Halfpennyworth — used for a daft or worthless person.
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Definitions
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A daft article, a soft lad, someone not worth a halfpenny. Mild insult, often affectionate — your nan calls you a daft haporth when you forget your coat.
“Ya daft haporth, you've put your jumper on inside out.”
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Literally a tiny amount of something, the original sense — surviving mainly in fixed phrases like 'don't spoil the ship for a haporth of tar'.
“Not a haporth of sense between the pair of them.”
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haporth In A Sentence
Ya daft haporth, you've put your jumper on inside out.
Not a haporth of sense between the pair of them.
Origin & Usage
Contraction of 'halfpennyworth' — a halfpenny's worth of something, i.e. barely anything.
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