usually contr. ha’porth. [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 March, 6/1. Deceased only had three ha’porth of beer.
