half-a-sheet

Updated: August 1, 2026

'Gone, poor gentleman! said Toole, in an under tone his phraseology became refined in Pell's presence; he'd have said 'poor devil, or 'poor dog, if he had been with Doctor Rogerson. Pell held the pen in his thin lips, while he tore off half-a-sheet of paper, and only shook his head funereally. So, taking the pen in his fingers, he said, 'We'll give him so and so, if you approve.

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu - The House by the Church-Yard