Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brass farthing

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English

Syllables: brass -far-thing
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Something worthless or of small value; a whit or jot.

Example Sentences

"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."

Inflected Forms

brass farthings (plural)

Phrases

not worth a brass farthing

Synonyms

brass button plug nickel plugged nickel

Questions

What does brass farthing mean?: Something worthless or of small value; a whit or jot.

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