Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quarter farthing

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English

Syllables: quar-ter -far-thing
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A British coin, produced for circulation in Ceylon 1839–1853, which, at a face value of ⅟₁₆d. (£⅟₃₈₄₀), is the lowest denomination of coin ever minted for the United Kingdom.

Example Sentences

"[‘]The score, however, was only 10 thalers, 4 groschen, 6 pfennigs’ (30 shillings, 5 pence, and 2 or perhaps 3 quarter-farthings), ‘for what I had run-up in eight weeks[.]’"

Inflected Forms

quarter farthings (plural) quarter-farthing (alternative)

Questions

What does quarter farthing mean?: A British coin, produced for circulation in Ceylon 1839–1853, which, at a face value of ⅟₁₆d. (£⅟₃₈₄₀), is the lowest denomination of coin ever minted for the United Kingdom.

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