It features such useful information as "a farthing is so small that it's only used nowadays by the dwarfs.". From Wordnik.com. [A Different Stripe:] Reference
There is now not the slightest ground for hoping we ever shall obtain a farthing from the cottage at Honington. From Wordnik.com. [Letter 378] Reference
Jerome: A farthing is a coin containing two mites. From Wordnik.com. [Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew] Reference
Not a farthing is the value of the honest love you hold. From Wordnik.com. [In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses] Reference
The farthing was a small coin used in Judea, equal to two mites. From Wordnik.com. [Barnes New Testament Notes] Reference
Ring and all, they have no market value; for a farthing is the least coin in our currency. From Wordnik.com. [A Relic] Reference
He could, he conceived, at once extricate himself from his financial difficulties by the simple process of calling a farthing a shilling. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3] Reference
The British quarter-penny coin once called a "farthing" was the best equivalent in King James 'day. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Its value is about a fifth of an English farthing. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
I never yet knew a man who read books that was worth a farthing. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story] Reference
More finished ones can be bought in the native bazaar for a farthing. From Wordnik.com. [India and the Indians] Reference
That he might not lack ready money, she gave him a copper farthing of. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories of Various Types] Reference
It means that I'd not a farthing in the world, and didn't want to starve. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873] Reference
"Sir, it is twenty sous they ask me for it; I cannot abate a single farthing.". From Wordnik.com. [Aucassin and Nicolette translated from the Old French] Reference
They all counted it an honor to wait upon her, and she cared not a farthing for any. From Wordnik.com. [Marcia Schuyler] Reference
Suppose, then, for example, that the charge for changing a shilling is one farthing. From Wordnik.com. [The Faith of Islam] Reference
The three-farthing piece struck in Elizabeth's reign is often mentioned in the poets. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
And there came a certain poor widow: and she cast in two mites, which make a farthing. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 48: Mark The Challoner Revision] Reference
Thy life would not be worth a farthing were thy fierce words heard by the dogs of Rome. From Wordnik.com. [The Coming of the King] Reference
Amen I say to thee, thou shalt not go out from thence till thou repay the last farthing. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 47: Matthew The Challoner Revision] Reference
I say to thee, thou shalt not come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing. From Wordnik.com. [The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The common English version, corrected by the final committee of the American Bible Union.] Reference
At just that moment, a man wearing a three-piece-suit and a beret pedals by on a penny-farthing. From Wordnik.com. [July 4th, Austin, TX] Reference
He had been superintendent of finances, and he counted every farthing he paid out of his own hand. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
` Lads, 'says he, ` I'll let you have ten shillings apiece, but not a farthing more to spend, now!. From Wordnik.com. [Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant] Reference
"The old fellow wants to spare his candle," he said to himself; "he is trying to save a farthing.". From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story] Reference
At Nantou I gathered delicious oranges from the tree for one cash each, or, eight oranges for a farthing. From Wordnik.com. [Life and sport in China Second Edition] Reference
Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 47: Matthew The Challoner Revision] Reference
"Matter enough," answered the mother, "when the last crust of bread is eaten and not a farthing in the house to buy more.". From Wordnik.com. [The Story-teller] Reference
It was all very well to theorize about children who have earned fortunes and who haven't a farthing; but that was mere talk!. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
A very good, worthy person, no doubt, but really she and a doll worth a farthing could not possibly have many tastes in common. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Toyland What the Marionette Told Molly] Reference
But I shall not pay any bills for you, nor shall I allow you a farthing of money -- you have shown us the use you make of money. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
She felt herself firmer than steel, when she thought of the New Trickers and of Pa and Ma, who were coming with Daisy, their farthing dip!. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
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