ha'pence

"I'd have to give you ha'pence change, Brigadier," he replied, mendaciously.

Phoenix And Ashes Lackey, Mercedes 2004

"That, and ha'pence will buy thee a wheaten loaf," he said dismissively.

The Gates Of Sleep Lackey, Mercedes 2002

They were copper, they did feature the Queen's profile, and they were the size of a ha'pence.

The Gates Of Sleep Lackey, Mercedes 2002

He'd nothing to lose except a thousand quid, and that was ha'pence to him.

Flashman's Lady Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1977

God knew I hadn't cheated -- when I cheat, it's for something that matters, not sweets and ha'pence.

Flash For Freedom Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1971

God knew I hadn't cheated -- when I cheat, it's for something that matters, not sweets and ha'pence.

Flash For Freedom Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1971

To play such a part often earns, in an old saying "more kicks than ha'pence".

Ulster's Place In Britain Today/The Economic Future of Great Britain 1967

He took the boat across the river, despite the additional three ha'pence that it cost, first telling himself that he had to go to the post office to hand in his letter to Maria, and then amusedly admitting that it was a temptation to find himself afloat again after three days on land.

Hornblower And The Crisis Forester, C. S. 1967

It was not always blue, he found; the ship was not always running before a spanking breeze; more kicks than ha'pence, more rope's-endings than blessings, came his way during the first few years of his sailor life.

Stories of the Border Marches Jeanie Lang

The printer actually has to interpret in his printing the etcher's meaning, for the which, as a rule, he gets "more kicks than ha'pence," and in the end wishes he had stuck to plain plate printing as far as the profit is concerned.

The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing Various