farthing

Example Sentences

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I’m sure you’ve all missed ’em: The ha’penny, farthing and shilling.

From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2020

You all are free to put your votes, hearts and contributions wherever you like and we care neither a farthing nor a fig.

From Fox News • Aug. 19, 2019

The farthing - an ancient coin worth a quarter of a penny - was becoming obsolete by 1957, Parker argued.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2014

“But we don’t have the normal people at ours. “I know one guy is going to be riding the penny farthing — that’s the old-fashioned bicycle with a big wheel in the front.

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2014

Madam Platt could not countenance this insubordination, but neither could she insist upon service when she could not pay a farthing in wages.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson