Farthing

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  • noun. A coin formerly used in Great Britain worth one fourth of a penny.
  • noun. Something of little value.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An English piece of money equal to one fourth of a penny; the smallest English coin and money of account.
  • noun. A division of land, probably originally a fourth of a hide; later, a quarter of an acre.
  • noun. Anything very small; a small quantity.
  • noun. [In the New Testament farthing is used to translate the Greek name of two small Roman coins, the assarius, worth one and a half cents, and the quadrans, a quarter of an assarius.]
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The fourth of a penny; a small copper coin of Great Britain, being a cent in United States currency.
  • noun. A very small quantity or value.
  • noun. A division of land.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny
    • Word Usage
    "In England they have a piece they call a farthing, which is about half a cent."
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    farthing damages  farthing noble  
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    coin  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bestir  centime  goldenness  halfpenny  quietus  
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    a continental  a curse  a damn  a darn  a hoot  
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