单词	farthing
释义	farthingfar‧thing /ˈfɑːðɪŋ $ ˈfɑːr-/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINfarthing Origin: Old English feorthung, from feortha ‘fourth, quarter’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But what he had taken at first for raindrops on the wagon floor were actually pennies, halfpennies and farthings scattered everywhere. Her eyes lit up when she opened it and found it full of farthings. I do not own a farthing - - bereft in a shipwreck of all but my wedding-ring. On it were her confirmation cross and the farthing Rob had given her soon after they met. Only yesterday she hadn't cared a farthing for the woman. She always looked at every farthing twice before parting with it. The penny farthing made its first appearance in 1870 and was ridden round the world in 1884. The T.R. may have been unique in having tickets priced in farthings. word sets WORD SETS► Currencies bob, nounbureau de change, nouncent, nouncentime, nounchange, verbC-note, nouncoin, verbcoinage, nounconvertible, adjectivecrown, nouncurrency, nouncurrency peg, nound., decimalization, noundenomination, nounDeutschmark, noundevalue, verbdime, noundinar, noundollar, noundoubloon, noundough, noundrachma, nounducat, nounexchange rate, nounfarthing, nounfifty, numberfirm, adjectivefiver, nounfive-spot, nounfloat, verbforeign exchange, nounFr, franc, noungold, noungold card, noungroat, nounguilder, nounguinea, nounhalf crown, nounhalf dollar, nounhalfpenny, nounha'penny, nounhard currency, nounkrona, nounkrone, nounKrugerrand, nounlegal tender, nounlira, nounmark, nounmill, nounmint, nounmint, verbmoney, nounmoney supply, nounnickel, nounnote, nounp., paper money, nounparity, nounpence, nounpennies, penny, nounpennyworth, nounpetrodollars, nounpiece, nounquarter, nounquid, nounrand, nounrate of exchange, nounrevalue, verbriyal, nounrouble, nounruble, nounrupee, nounsawbuck, nounshekel, nounshilling, nounsilver, nounsilver dollar, nounsingle, nounsingle currency, nounsixpence, nounsoft currency, nounsovereign, nounsterling, nounstrong, adjectivetenner, nounthreepence, nounthreepenny bit, nountraveller's cheque, nountuppence, nountuppeny, adjectivetwopenny, adjectiveweaken, verbyen, nounyuan, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► penny · The penny farthing made its first appearance in 1870 and was ridden round the world in 1884. an old British coin that was worth one quarter of a penny
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