farthing
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Until 1885, the penny farthing bicycle amplified the rider’s pedal power by means of its oversize front wheel, and cyclists tumbled from a scary height when ambushed by a pothole.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 5, 2022
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
For his wedding last year, the 26-year-old Slovakian wore a gold trimmed tunic, arrived in a Trabant car and at one point rode a miniature penny farthing across a tightrope.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 14, 2016
He was also ordered to pay the £75 fee the police paid for the penny farthing.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 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
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