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
She hasn’t a brass farthing to call her own.”
From A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
But they have to be fried just before they are eaten; if fried during the soup, they are not worth a brass farthing.
From The Fourth Estate, vol.1 by Palacio Vald?s, Armando
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
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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