brass farthing
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of brass farthing
C18: probably coined when farthings were first minted in bronze rather than silver
Example Sentences
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“So far, no one has actually parted with a brass farthing as far as I can tell.”
From New York Times • May 20, 2012
Sometimes I am in a saving mood, and would not give so much as a brass farthing to anybody, but I am in the other sort of mood to-day.
From Daddy's Girl by Meade, L. T.
Pshaw, I don't believe the boy's claim was worth a brass farthing.
From The Silver Maple by MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller
I'm sure you don't care a brass farthing for his opinion.
From Sergeant Silk the Prairie Scout by Leighton, Robert
I warn you, sir, that if the play comes on the stage to-morrow evening, I shall not value my own life at a brass farthing.
From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second by Gozzi, Count Carlo
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