farthing
noun
a former bronze coin of Great Britain, equal to one-fourth of a British penny: withdrawn in 1961.
half-farthing
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a word derived from
farthing.
Example Sentences
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Often He saw His mother cast a half-farthing into the treasury, for she had nought else.
From Victory out of Ruin by Norman Maclean
In 1570 the "payer of balowes" were sold, and in 1583 the pipes, "wayeng eleven score and thirteen pounds, went for fourpence half-farthing the pound."
From The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains by Frederick W. Woodhouse
If he build it into his house he commits no trespass till he lives in the house long enough to gain the value of a half-farthing.
From Hebrew Literature by Epiphanius Wilson
What if the little half-farthing things bear their share, and always have borne, in that which is behind of the sufferings of Christ?
From Paul Faber, Surgeon by George MacDonald
If he take away a consecrated half-farthing he commits no trespass.
From Hebrew Literature by Epiphanius Wilson
