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

Police saw the listing and successfully bid £75 for it - the penny farthing had cost owner Dale Trott £350.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 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

At a time when bread cost a quarterpenny a loaf, the value of my mother’s daily labor—by King Edward’s royal decree—was a penny each day; mine, but a farthing.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi