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

“Nah, we don’t use it,” she responded, as if I’d come in asking for a new wheel for my penny farthing or for a crank to start up my car.

From The Guardian • Aug. 19, 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

Flamboyant and self-promoting, he was well known in the art world, the expatriate American living in London who had sued the art critic John Ruskin for libel and won a farthing.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2014

"A golden sovereign, a silver sixpence, a copper penny, and a fresh shiny farthing," said the man.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman