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Example sentences for "orth"

Lexicographically close words:
orse; orses; orspital; orta; orter; ortho; orthochromatic; orthoclase; orthodox; orthodoxy
  1. Mr Dolls collapsed in his chair, and faintly said 'Threepenn'orth Rum.

  2. Mr Dolls, collapsing in the drowsiest manner after his late intellectual triumph, replied: 'Threepenn'orth Rum.

  3. Of the latter commodity he had always a grim little heap, on which lay a little wooden measure which had no discernible inside, and was considered to represent the penn'orth appointed by Magna Charta.

  4. I am not good for the Leaving Shop, I am not good for the Boarding-House, I am not good for anything in your way to the extent of sixpenn'orth of halfpence.

  5. And oh, Simpkin, with the last penny of our fourpence buy me one penn'orth of cherry-coloured silk.

  6. Of this three penn'orth the most valuable item is the bones, for these, with a bit of carrot and potato and onion, will make a pot of soup sufficient in itself to feed the kiddies for two days.

  7. And oh, Simpkin, with the last penny of our fourpence but me one penn'orth of cherry-coloured silk.

  8. And surely the mother came back to her every night and suckled her, for she'd lie as quiet as could be, without a bottle or a hap'orth and they'd hear her sucking.

  9. We are alone and can do anything we like with you, and nobody a ha'p'orth the wiser.

  10. Innocent we be, but where the Deemster comes there's not a ha'p'orth to choose between you and us.

  11. An old pensioner came in, and laying the coppers on the counter, asked for a ha'p'orth of returns and a farthing of snuff.

  12. My sarvice to you, marm--if you please, to two penn'orth of pigtail and a paper of shorts.

  13. A ha'p'orth of liver, cut into small pieces.

  14. He declared 'twas a kind of apple he much fancied; and he called for a penn'orth every day till the tree was cleared.

  15. It's half a quarter loaf, soaked in hot water with a hap'orth of dripping and a spoonful of salt.

  16. Sleeping at these places is called having "twopenn'orth of rope.

  17. Sue entered the restaurant, which was now packed full of factory girls, and she asked eagerly for her penn'orth of pease-pudding.

  18. She bakes such stunning murphies, we'll have a penn'orth each for tea.

  19. A ha’p’orth of bread, and a ha’p’orth of milk daily will suffice to keep the machinery of life from coming to a sudden standstill.

  20. Why, devil a ha'p'orth of Kells or hair-cutting there's in it.

  21. Make it a penn'orth and pick yourself, all exceptin' the three top.

  22. Let me have nine penn'orth o' brandy and water luke, and the inkstand, will you, miss?

  23. Well, you may bring me three penn'orth of rum, my dear.

  24. I can hold on with a penn'orth of bread a day.

  25. Arrived there, after a forty miles' walk, he refreshed himself with a glass of beer and a penn'orth of bread and cheese, and proceeded at once to Farmer Ferryman in quest of work.

  26. In his pocket was an eight-ounce bottle, containing a meagre sixpenn'orth of brandy for Shepherd Toller.


  27. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "orth" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.