farthing

Example Sentences

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A law in Tudor England levied a fine on anyone who passed gas in church; the fine was set at a farthing.

From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2021

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

Flamboyant and self-promoting, he was well known in the art world, the expatriate American living in London who had sued the art critic John Ruskin for libel and won a farthing.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2014

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

From BBC • Mar. 19, 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