farthingsworthn.
/ˈfɑːðɪŋzwəθ/ As much as is bought or sold for a farthing, a very small amount. Also figurative.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > a very small amount
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c1325 Poem Times Edw. II 100 in Pol. Songs (Camden) 328 A prest..That can noht a ferthingworth of god.
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 515 Þe kyng may not take fro hem an halfpeny ne ferþingworþ.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. vii. 360 A ferthyng-worth of fynkelsede.
1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 519 A farthingwoorth of bruised Licoras.
1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 117 Not one Farthing-worth of Service.
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