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What is the phrase don't spoil the ship for a ha' porth of tar?
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∙ 11y ago
Tar was used in old shipbuilding, the way we use caulking today, to seal against water penetration. If too little tar was used, to save a ha'penny (half a penny) and openings left unsealed, the ship might take on water and eventually sink (spoil).
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∙ 11y agothis phrase means dont spoil a good job by cutting corners and using a cheap stop gap repair or solution to a problem. As I recall it came from a poem that I can only partly remember: for want of a nail the shoe was lost, for want of a shoe the horse was lost..........the ship was lost all for the want of a ha porth of tar.A ha porth was a halfpenny in pre decimal coinage.
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