not worth a brass farthing in English

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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "worth nothing",
          "word": "ne pas valoir tripette"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "worth nothing",
          "word": "non valere una cicca"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "sense": "worth nothing",
          "word": "не стоить ломаного гроша /to be not worth a broken half-copeck/"
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          "code": "sv",
          "english": "i.e. copper",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "worth nothing",
          "word": "inte värd ett rött öre /not worth a red öre/"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "worth nothing",
          "word": "inte värd ett ruttet lingon /not worth a rotten lingonberry/"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "worth nothing",
          "word": "inte värd ett korvöre"
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  "word": "not worth a brass farthing"
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          "text": "2005, Jeremy Page, \"Russia is now ripe for freedom revolution, warns Solzhenitsyn,\" timesonline.com (UK), 7 Jun. (retrieved 29 Sep. 2008),\nDemocracy is not worth a brass farthing if it is being installed by bayonets."
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      "sense": "worth nothing or almost nothing",
      "word": "good for nothing"
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      "word": "not worth a plug nickel"
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      "word": "rubbish"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "worth nothing",
      "word": "ne pas valoir tripette"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "worth nothing",
      "word": "non valere una cicca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "worth nothing",
      "word": "не стоить ломаного гроша /to be not worth a broken half-copeck/"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "i.e. copper",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "worth nothing",
      "word": "inte värd ett rött öre /not worth a red öre/"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "worth nothing",
      "word": "inte värd ett ruttet lingon /not worth a rotten lingonberry/"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "worth nothing",
      "word": "inte värd ett korvöre"
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  "word": "not worth a brass farthing"
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"not worth a brass farthing" meaning in English

Adjective