If a workman can conveniently spare those three halfpence, he buys a pot of porter.
如果一个工人能方便地省下这三个半便士, 他就会买一罐黑啤酒。
国富论(五)
Leather and soap are in Great Britain taxed at three halfpence a-pound; candles at a penny; taxes which, upon the original price of leather, may amount to about eight or ten per cent.