farthing• Only yesterday she hadn't cared a farthing for the woman.• I do not own a farthing - - bereft in a shipwreck of all but my wedding-ring.• But what he had taken at first for raindrops on the wagonfloor were actually pennies, halfpennies and farthingsscattered everywhere.• She always looked at every farthing twice before parting with it.• The T.R. may have been unique in having tickets priced in farthings.• Her eyes lit up when she opened it and found it full of farthings.• The penny farthing made its first appearance in 1870 and was ridden round the world in 1884.• On it were her confirmationcross and the farthingRob had given her soon after they met.
Originfarthing
Old Englishfeorthung, from feortha“fourth, quarter”