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brass farthing noun
- British informal something of little or no valuehis opinion isn’t worth a brass farthing
Word Origin for brass farthing C18: probably coined when farthings were first minted in bronze rather than silver Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
