harpenny

Updated: June 29, 2025

BOY. "No, sir; I jist spekilated, and bought 'im of t'other boy for a harpenny." And he is a little bit hard on old frumps, with fat ankles and scraggy bosoms and red noses but anyhow we are made to laugh quod erat demonstrandum.

George Du Maurier - Social Pictorial Satire