[jQuery] Getting href attribute from parent element

I want to get the value from the href attribute from a parent element.
My code is : $(this).parent().attr("href"); , but this doesn't work. I
don't understand it because for the same parent $(this).parent().html();
gives me the expected output.
Any thoughts on this ? Thank you.
David
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