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

A man who stole a penny farthing bicycle to ride home was only caught when he tried to sell it on eBay, a court was told.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2014

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

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