Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An English silver coin of the value of three farthings (1½ cents), issued by Queen Elizabeth.
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Examples
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Lest men should say ‘Look, where three-farthings goes!’
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The idiot brought with him, not the sovereign, but exactly nineteen shillings and eleven-pence three-farthings in change.
The Father Brown Omnibus Chesterton, G. K. 2003
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At present, as Biffen knew, it was twopence three-farthings, a common figure.
New Grub Street 2003
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The idiot brought with him, not the sovereign, but exactly nineteen shillings and eleven-pence three-farthings in change.
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The idiot brought with him, not the sovereign, but exactly nineteen shillings and eleven-pence three-farthings in change.
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Two ounces of cocoa nibs cost a penny three-farthings, one quart of skim milk twopence (in the country one penny), two ounces of moist sugar three-farthings; thus, for about fourpence halfpenny, you may prepare sufficient cocoa for the breakfasts of four persons.
A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes Charles Elm�� Francatelli
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The toll here is about three-farthings a mile per horse.
Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada Henry A. Murray
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Cappers -- under the forfeiture of three-farthings for every day's neglect; excepting _Maids, Ladies_, and _Gentlemen_, and every _Lord,
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 546, May 12, 1832 Various
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Great complaints are made of the ticketing system; and persons going to purchase shawls, as they supposed, at nine-pence three-farthings each, are disgusted at being referred to a very small one pound sixteen marked very lightly in pencil immediately before the 9-3/4d., which is very large and in very black ink.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 30, 1841 Various
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You return to the station and it is closed for the night, and you have a wordy discussion with the eternal cabman as to whether you shall pay a hundred or two hundred francs -- Bulgarian francs or levas which are, however, worth a bare three-farthings each to-day.
Europe—Whither Bound? Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921 Stephen Graham 1929
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