farthing

Example Sentences

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I’m sure you’ve all missed ’em: The ha’penny, farthing and shilling.

From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2020

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

For his wedding last year, the 26-year-old Slovakian wore a gold trimmed tunic, arrived in a Trabant car and at one point rode a miniature penny farthing across a tightrope.

From The Guardian • Mar. 14, 2016

He was also ordered to pay the £75 fee the police paid for the penny farthing.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2014

"Right. But the worst of it is, they don't give Mr. Shakespeare a farthing for it. And it is his work, after all."

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood