farthing

IPA: fˈɑrðɪŋ

(historical) Former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny; or a coin representing this.
(figurative) A very small quantity or value; the least possible amount.
(obsolete) A division of land.
A surname.

Examples of "farthing" in Sentences

Not a farthing is the value of the honest love you hold;
The farthing was a small coin used in Judea, equal to two mites.
In England they have a piece they call a farthing, which is about half a cent.
Ring and all, they have no market value; for a farthing is the least coin in our currency.
It features such useful information as "a farthing is so small that it's only used nowadays by the dwarfs."
There is now not the slightest ground for hoping we ever shall obtain a farthing from the cottage at Honington.
From St. Mark's explanation, "two mites, which make a farthing," ver. 42, it may perhaps be inferred that the farthing was the commoner coin.
For God does not consider how much ye bear, but what is the store from which it comes; but each at all events can bring his farthing, that is, a ready will, which is called a farthing, because it is accompanied by three things, that is, thought, word and deed.
Then he fetched a pot of milk and plenty of white bread, gave him a bright newly-coined farthing in his hand, and said, “Hans, hold that farthing fast, crumble the white bread into the milk, and stay where you are, and do not stir from that spot till I come back.”