penny-ha'penny

The Constitution, sold for a penny-ha'penny in New York, suggested to the mildly sarcastic humor of Dr. Russell that it had better be a little more valuable in tact, if not so cheap in form.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 Various

Chamberlayne (Magnae Britanniae Notitia, 171O, p. 536) says that his wages were 11 pounds, 8 shillings and a penny-ha'penny, and board-wages 138 pounds, 11 shillings and tenpence-ha'penny, making 150 pounds in all.

The Journal to Stella Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 1901

Mrs Widger took a penny-ha'penny from the household purse and handed it, together with a jug to Tony.

A Poor Man's House Stephen Sydney Reynolds 1900

I'd have telephoned to Mr. Osborne and explained who I was and asked him if he could tell me where I could find you, and I'd have telephoned too to your flat in South Molton Street to ask if you were there, but I'd got only fivepence ha'penny left after tea, and you might both have been out and then I'd have had only a penny-ha'penny and

The Four Faces A Mystery William Le Queux 1895

“A penny-ha'penny for your thoughts!” said the new-comer.

A passionate pilgrim 1875

How to manage the first, Esther had failed to find; and she hated the idea, besides, of a penny-ha'penny economy.

A Red Wallflower Susan Warner 1852