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farthingsworth|ˈfɑːðɪŋzwəθ|
[f. as prec. + -worth.]
As much as is bought or sold for a farthing, a very small amount. Also fig.
c1325Poem Times Edw. II, 100 in Pol. Songs (Camden) 328 A prest..That can noht a ferthingworth of god. c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 515 Þe kyng may not take fro hem an halfpeny ne ferþingworþ. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. vii. 360 A ferthyng-worth of fynkelsede. 1579Langham Gard. Health (1633) 519 A farthingworth of bruised Licoras. 1719De Foe Crusoe (1840) II. v. 108 Not one farthing's-worth of service. |