Phrase Hound found 13 phrases and 13 compound words that contain farthing. The most common are listed below. Open farthing in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 13
- penny farthingA type of bicycle popular in the 19th century, with the front wheel far larger than the rear one.
- quarter farthingA British coin, produced for circulation in Ceylon 1839–1853, which, at a face value of ⅟₁₆d. (£⅟₃₈₄₀), is the lowest denomination of coin ever minted for the United Kingdom.
- not worth a brass farthingWorth nothing or next to nothing.
- Farthing StreetA hamlet and road, north of Downe, borough of Bromley, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4262).
- brass farthingSomething worthless or of small value; a whit or jot.
- chuck-farthingAn old English game resembling pitchpenny.
- farthing loafA loaf (of bread) sold for a farthing.
- farthing loavesplural of farthing loaf: A loaf (of bread) sold for a farthing.
- Harrington farthingA small English copper alloy token worth a farthing.
- pitch-farthingSynonym of chuck-farthing: An old English game resembling pitchpenny.
- unofficial farthingA token, similar in appearance to a real farthing, used for marketing and small change during the latter 19th century.
- farthing dipA piece of bread dipped in hot fat and sold by pork butchers.
- farthing dipsplural of farthing dip: A piece of bread dipped in hot fat and sold by pork butchers.
Compound words 13
- farthinglessWithout a farthing; very poor.
- farthingsworthThe amount that can be bought for a farthing.
- nipfarthingA miser.
- farthingaleA hooped structure in cloth worn to extend the skirt of women's dresses; a hooped petticoat.
- farthingalesplural of farthingale: A hooped structure in cloth worn to extend the skirt of women's dresses; a hooped petticoat.
- farthingdaleA unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre.
- farthingdalesplural of farthingdale: A unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre.
- farthingdealAlternative form of farthingdale: A unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre.
- farthingdealsplural of farthingdeal: A unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre.
- FarthinghoeA village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, formerly in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP5339).