Sir John Pocklington was, on the contrary, the dirty little snuffy man who cried out so about the bad quality of the beer, and grumbled at being overcharged three-halfpence for a herring, seated at the next table to Jubber on the day when some one pointed the Baronet out to me. ❋ Unknown (2006)
And he agreed; and next Saturday came, and he very often could not pay me more than three-halfpence. ❋ Unknown (2006)
He then said how, for three-halfpence, he had been compelled to pay me three shillings ❋ Unknown (2006)
A little native imp was our guide, seduced by the gift of a German knife, value three-halfpence, and my Macassar boy Baderoon brought his chopper to clear the path if necessary. ❋ Unknown (2004)
So, for the matter of three-halfpence, he killed the shopkeeper; and had his own rascally head chopped off, universally regretted by his friends. ❋ Unknown (2004)
European traders; everything reached us through at least two or three hands, often many more; yet English calicoes and American cotton cloths could be bought for 8s. the piece, muskets for 15s., common scissors and German knives at three-halfpence each, and other cutlery, cotton goods, and earthenware in the same proportion. ❋ Unknown (2004)
The cruelty of the times is shown in the case of an unfortunate sempstress who tried to earn a living by making shirts for three-halfpence each. ❋ E. Gordon Browne (N/A)
The prices are remarkably moderate in most of these places; the charge is no more than three-halfpence for half a pint of coffee, or _threepence for a whole pint_. ❋ Various (N/A)
As the pool belonged to the lord of Penrose, it was customary to present him with a purse containing three-halfpence to obtain his permission for the cutting of the Bar. ❋ Unknown (N/A)
A great variety of small Sapphos must turn seamstresses*, at three-halfpence ❋ Various (N/A)
This would give an average receipt, upon the seventy-one weeks of my stay, of one pound three shillings and three-halfpence a week. ❋ William Duthie (N/A)
"All right!" exclaimed he of the maternal side, "stand three-halfpence for your feed." ❋ Various (N/A)
The caravanserai at Aintab is so disagreeable a place for Mrs. Cronin that we enquired for a private house, and ... we have hired one at the absurd price of three-halfpence sterling! ❋ Giberne Sieveking (N/A)
On going to the bar to ask the price, he was told three-halfpence. ❋ Henry A. Murray (N/A)
At this time he edited the "Squib" (28th May, 1842), a folio sheet published at three-halfpence, very respectably conducted and printed, and owned by ❋ M. H. Spielmann (N/A)
And there is the general slovenliness of modern English speech with its decadent vowel sounds (throughout the London area you have to use sign language to distinguish between threepence and three-halfpence) and its tendency to make verbs and nouns interchangeable. ❋ Unknown (1944)
He was standing between the two women, and, I regret to say, in his endeavour to act as peacemaker, he made use of rather strong language in the presence of his mother; and I was just in time to hear him say: "And all this fuss about the loss of a few pages from a rotten diary that wouldn't fetch three-halfpence a pound!" ❋ Grossmith, George, 1847-1912 (1921)
But my standing possessed of only three-halfpence in the world (and I am sure I wonder how they came to be left in my pocket on a Saturday night!) troubled me none the less because I went on. ❋ Unknown (1917)
I sits at it late into the night, and by the time I tumbles into bed I've earned three-halfpence. ❋ Gerhart Hauptmann (1904)
