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brass farthing en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic) Something worthless or of small value; a whit or jot.
   • The man, as a matter of fact, under no circumstances, ever cared a brass farthing for what I or anybody else in his ship thought. 1904–1906, Joseph Conrad, “Rulers of East and West”, in The Mirror of the Sea, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, published October 1906, →OCLC, page 148:

Forms

Deriveds

not worth a brass farthing

Synonyms

brass button · plugged nickel · plug nickel