farthing
Example Sentences
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What is billed as the world's only uphill penny farthing race is taking place later in East Sussex.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2024
Until 1885, the penny farthing bicycle amplified the rider’s pedal power by means of its oversize front wheel, and cyclists tumbled from a scary height when ambushed by a pothole.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 5, 2022
Someone wheels a penny farthing through a town square.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 24, 2019
You all are free to put your votes, hearts and contributions wherever you like and we care neither a farthing nor a fig.
From Fox News ● Aug. 19, 2019
Madam Platt could not countenance this insubordination, but neither could she insist upon service when she could not pay a farthing in wages.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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