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He will not spoil this promising ship for the 'a'porth of tar.
rpeterjackson commented on the word a'porth
Seen in Peter Robinson's "Blood at the Root." This must surely be one of the many Yorkshire words use in his very good crime novels.
March 27, 2013
Leonard26 commented on the word a'porth
a'porth ... Not, I think, a 'Yorkshire' term. In my childhood In East London, (say up to 1938) small amounts of sweets were bought in *a'porths* - probably half an ounce or an ounce in quantity. As most will doubtless know, the word is a shortened form of *half a penny's worth*.
On very special occasions, one might grandly ask *tuppence-worth*. A term of endearment, usually from a mother to a child, was *tuppeny*.
March 27, 2013