10 LIVRES EN ANGLAIS EN RAPPORT AVEC «HALFPENNYWORTH»
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halfpennyworth dans la sélection bibliographique suivante. Des livres en rapport avec
halfpennyworth et de courts extraits de ceux-ci pour replacer dans son contexte son utilisation littéraire.
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THE MEDICAL TIMES AND BAZETTE
It appears that oh January 14 last, being in the employ of Dr. Thomas Smith, of
Cowcaddens-street, as a dispenser of medij cines, ho was requested to supply
Jessie Stewart, otherwise Kean, with a halfpennyworth of salts, or Epsom salts,
and ...
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A tramp's wallet, stored by an English goldsmith during his ...
He has a pennyworth of cold boiled (unsalted) beef, a pennyworth of bread, a
halfpennyworth of cheese and a pennyworth of currant jam. Friponnet is more
extravagant. A common breakfast bill of fare with him is two penny sausages, ...
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So You Think Your English Is OK: Observations of a Proofreader
Halfpennyworth isthe meaning; ha'p'orthor ha'p'nyworth, with thea pronounced
asin ape, is what people say, and weshould always write something close to
what people say. I don't remember ever hearing anyone say halfpennyworth.
Indeed ...
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The State Of The Prisons In England And Wales: With ...
J+ " g Felons, j Transports, £j : 17 : 6 each. Licence, Beer. PRISONERS,
Allowance, Debtors, three-halfpennyworth of bread a day. Felons, three-
halfpennyworth of bread and a halfpenny in money every day (weight of three-
penny loaf in Jan.
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The Industrial & Commercial Revolutions in Great Britain ...
... produce which will be sold for food in the English market ten thousand miles 01
?. A hallpcnnyworth of meal from America, a halfpennyworth of coffee from
Jamaica, a halipennyThere were during this period only two sets-back. The Civil
War.
Instead of a halfpennyworth of meat and threepennyworth of bread, he would eat
twopence-halfpennyworth of meat and one pennyworth of bread. The French
artisan and labourer are bread- caters from education, habit, hereditary prejudice
...
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Earlier contractions, also to be rated as coll., are—see the OED at
halfpennyworth—halpworthe, ca. 1490,—halporthe, 1533, —halfperth, 1692,—
halfp'worth, 1719. Swift also has halfporth, but this is rare. A late (? before 1873,
Browning) ...
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Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country
... who under the new system would be so considered, whose ambition would
lead them to advocate the cause of the "operatives," anxious to cheat their family
out of a pennyworth of bread, in order to spend it in an extra halfpennyworth of
gin.
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The trial of James Hill, alias, John the painter, for ...
She thought he was not of fuch appearance, as perfons who generally come to
buy a halfpennyworth of matches. That he come to her fhop to buy a bundle of
matches, a halfpennyworth of matches ; and he alked her, if it would light quick ;
that ...
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Fraser's Magazien for Town and Country.VOL.XXIV July to ...
Instead of a halfpennyworth of meat and threepenny worth of bread, he would eat
twopence-halfpennyworth of meat and one pennyworth of bread. The French
artisan and labourer are bread - eatere from education, habit, hereditary
prejudice ...
Fraser's Magazien for Town and Country.VOL.XXIV July to December,1841, 1841
3 ACTUALITÉS CONTENANT LE TERME «HALFPENNYWORTH»
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halfpennyworth est employé dans le contexte des actualités suivantes.
15 phrases you'll only hear in Manchester
A somewhat affectionate term for a foolish person. Muppet, perhaps. An abbreviation of ha'p'orth, itself an abbreviation of halfpennyworth. «WOW24/7, juin 15»
Let's define the roles of ministers and civil servants once and for all
... the coalition government, the report evidently does not think non-executives such as Lord Browne have made a halfpennyworth of difference. «The Guardian, déc 13»
National Youth Wind Orchestra
A small point, maybe, but possibly a case of the ship being spoilt for a halfpennyworth of tar. Peter Bale. PRINT FRIENDLY VERSION. ^back to ... «4barsrest.com, août 09»
