half-farthing
- 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 Maclean, Norman
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 MacDonald, George
As regards the above, in plain English we may call a livre a franc, a sou a half-penny, and a liard a half-farthing, as current in Jersey.
From The Coinages of the Channel Islands by Lowsley, B.
We must give the uncultured men a homely illustration: It does not follow that because a half-farthing does not help, therefore a florin also does not help.
From Apology of the Augsburg Confession by Melanchthon, Philipp
If he take away a consecrated half-farthing he commits no trespass.
From Hebrew Literature by Wilson, Epiphanius
