I walked the town till 12, being destitute of afarthing.
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For some months no farthings have been asked for and none have therefore been minted.
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In other words, there is not a brassfarthingin the kitty.
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However, the person involved has not onefarthingof spare cash.
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Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermostfarthing.
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Declamation against the abomination of employers paying wages which are less than benefit does not raise those wages by a brassfarthing.
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They do not ask for afarthingout of the pool that is not in direct proportion to their running costs.
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There was not a brassfarthingexcept for the working capital.
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The nationalised industries so far have not paid one brassfarthing.
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The exemption at a penny works out at contributions, which is the nearest to a whole figure, even to afarthing, that we can make.
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He is not rated at all and never contributes a singlefarthingto the rates.
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Instead of 960 farthings in the pound there would be 1,000 milles.
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I do not have one singlefarthing, directly or indirectly, in the brewing industry.
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It is about onefarthingper week per head for the underfed peoples of the world.
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Last year his price was reduced by three-halfpence; now it has gone up again by only onefarthing.
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