Associations to the word «Farthing»

Wiktionary

FARTHING, noun. (historical) Former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny.
FARTHING DIP, noun. (archaic) A piece of bread dipped in hot fat and sold by pork butchers.
FARTHING DIP, noun. (archaic) A candle.

Dictionary definition

FARTHING, noun. A former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope