farthing

Definitions


[ˈfɑːðɪŋ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a former monetary unit and coin of the UK, withdrawn in 1961, equal to a quarter of an old penny


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Origin:
Old English fēorthing, from fēortha ‘fourth’, perhaps on the pattern of Old Norse fjórthungr ‘quarter’




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