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# farthing

«farthing» in Mova's school dictionary: **A farthing was an old British coin worth a quarter of a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (farthings)

### meaning for a pupil

A farthing was an old British coin worth a quarter of a penny. It is no longer used. (old use) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farthing/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales a farthing is a very small amount of money, often a sign of being poor

### examples

- Not a single farthing will I take! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farthing/#x1)
- She had not had a farthing all day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farthing/#x2)
- Boys found old nails and farthings in the gutter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farthing/#x3)

### note

for an old money problem, 4 farthings make 1 penny; for today's money, nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «farthing» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farthing/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.