Definition of "farthing" []

• A coin formerly used in Great Britain worth one fourth of a penny. (noun)
• Something of very little value. (noun)

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• "In England they have a piece they call a farthing, which is about half a cent."
• "There is now not the slightest ground for hoping we ever shall obtain a farthing from the cottage at Honington."
• "It features such useful information as "a farthing is so small that it's only used nowadays by the dwarfs.""