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farthing
[ fahr-thing ]
noun
- a former bronze coin of Great Britain, equal to one-fourth of a British penny: withdrawn in 1961.
- something of very small value:
I don't care a farthing for your opinion.
farthing
/ ˈfɑːðɪŋ /
noun
- a former British bronze coin, worth a quarter of an old penny, that ceased to be legal tender in 1961
- something of negligible value; jot
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- half-farthing noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of farthing1
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Example Sentences
The first bikes were penny farthings–they had no gears at all, just a direct drive with a ratio determined by the wheel’s diameter, hence their zany appearance.
It is believed the couple were visiting royal obstetrician Alan Farthing.
His impression is that I was really steering and trying to drop into the Farthing Down beeches.
As the Farthing Doll spoke, a very clever idea came into his head.
Farthing: three men hanging on a gallows; "The three Thomases, 1796."
It was consecrated on January 13, 1908, by Bishop Farthing, being his first official act.
Farthing Down stretches for nearly three miles north and south, and under its southern slope lies the little village of Chaldon.
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