"brass farthing" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-brass farthing.ogg Forms: brass farthings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} brass farthing (plural brass farthings)
  1. (idiomatic) Something worthless or of small value. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: plug nickel, plugged nickel Derived forms: not worth a brass farthing
    Sense id: en-brass_farthing-en-noun-Hb6A97YS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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