1961년까지 영국에서 사용된, 1/4 페니의 가치를 지닌 옛 화폐 단위이자 동전.
A former British monetary unit and coin, worth one-quarter of an old penny, which was withdrawn from circulation in 1961.
예문:
"The museum display featured a collection of farthings from the reign of Queen Victoria."
"In the early 20th century, a farthing could still buy a small handful of sweets."
주로 부정어와 함께 쓰여, 아주 적은 양이나 가치 또는 푼돈을 의미함.
The smallest possible amount of money or value; used figuratively to emphasize that something is worth nothing.
예문:
"The miserly old man wouldn't spend a farthing on repairing his leaking roof."
"I don't care a brass farthing what they think of my new haircut."