brass farthing

British  

noun

1. informal something of little or no value

   his opinion isn't worth a brass farthing

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Etymology

Origin of brass farthing

C18: probably coined when farthings were first minted in bronze rather than silver

Example Sentences

“So far, no one has actually parted with a brass farthing as far as I can tell.”

From New York Times • May 20, 2012

Take your own line, then," said Grenfell, angrily; "it doesn't signify to me personally a brass farthing.

From Luttrell Of Arran Complete by Lever, Charles James

Does it signify a brass farthing to me whether the noble house of Lackington quarters its arms with the cogged dice and the marked king of the Davises?

From Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Lever, Charles James

She did n't want all those fine people; she did n't care a brass farthing about their ways and their doings!

From Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Lever, Charles James

"That's as may be," said my seedy friend, "but 'e 'adn't a brass farthing this morning, and come to that, Sir Thomas, if you'd got into another blinking taxi, you'd have snookered me!"

From The City in the Clouds by Gull, C. Ranger