pennyworth

[ pen-ee-wurth ]

/ ˈpɛn iˌwɜrθ /

as much as may be bought for a penny.

a small quantity.

a bargain.

Nothing haunts us like the things we don't buy...especially when there's a great pennyworth!

Origin of pennyworth

before 1000; Middle English penyworth, Old English penigweorth. See penny, worth¹

A pennyworth of some familiar root will cure an illness that nothing else will touch.

Expositions of Holy Scripture |Alexander Maclaren
Such zests as his particular little phial of cayenne pepper and his pennyworth of pickles in a saucer, were not wanting.

Little Dorrit |Charles Dickens
My own exclusive breakfast of a penny loaf and a pennyworth of milk, I provided myself.

The Personal History of David Copperfield |Charles Dickens
He ordered six pennyworth of brandy, and drank it at a gulp.

The King of Diamonds |Louis Tracy

I'm just about broke—broke five or six times over, if it comes to that—and by that pennyworth of yellow ribbon!

Prince Fortunatus |William Black

pennyworth

/ (ˈpɛnɪˌwɜːθ) /

the amount that can be bought for a penny

a small amount he hasn't got a pennyworth of sense