| penny-farthing | |
| —n | |
| (Brit) US name: ordinary an early type of bicycle with a large front wheel and a small rear wheel, the pedals being attached to the front wheel | |
| [C20: so called because of the similarity between the relative sizes of the wheels and the relative sizes of the (old) penny and farthing coins] | |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |