farthing
noun/ˈfɑːðɪŋ/
/ˈfɑːrðɪŋ/
- in the past, a British coin worth one quarter of an old pennyWord OriginOld English fēorthing, from fēortha ‘fourth’, perhaps on the pattern of Old Norse fjórthungr ‘quarter’.
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