worth while

Adjective

 * 1) * 1873, John Murray (publishers.), Handbook for travellers in Scotland (page 261)
 * About 6 ft. from the ground is fastened "the joug," an iron collar in the wall, used to confine prisoners before it was thought worth while to build prisons or cages for them.
 * About 6 ft. from the ground is fastened "the joug," an iron collar in the wall, used to confine prisoners before it was thought worth while to build prisons or cages for them.