brass farthing — noun (informal) Something of very little or no value • • • Main Entry: ↑brass … Useful english dictionary
brass farthing — noun Something worthless or of small value. The man, as a matter of fact, under no circumstances, ever cared a brass farthing for what I or anybody else in his ship thought. Syn: plug nickel, plugged nickel See Also: not worth a brass farthing … Wiktionary
brass farthing — 1. Coin of smallest value. 2. not care or give a brass farthing Not care in the slightest … A concise dictionary of English slang
brass farthing — coin worth less that a penny; something with very little value … English contemporary dictionary
not worth a brass farthing — adjective Worth nothing or next to nothing. Ones own private knowledge of a mans character is not worth a brass farthing as legal evidence. Syn: good for nothing, not worth a plug nickel, rubbish, worthless See Also: brass fa … Wiktionary
care a brass farthing — • give a hang • care a brass farthing • care a button • care a damn • care a farthing • care a fig • care a hang • care a hoot • care a pin • care a rap • care a straw • care a whistle • care two pins about (from Idioms in Speech) in negative: to … Idioms and examples
Farthing (British coin) — A farthing (meaning fourth part ) was a British coin worth one quarter of a penny and 1/960 of a pound sterling, slightly over a mill division in other currencies. Such coins were first minted in England in the 13th century, and continued to be… … Wikipedia
brass — n. & adj. n. 1 a yellow alloy of copper and zinc. 2 a an ornament or other decorated piece of brass. b brass objects collectively. 3 Mus. brass wind instruments (including trumpet, horn, trombone) forming a band or a section of an orchestra. 4… … Useful english dictionary
farthing — Synonyms and related words: a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, ace, atom, bagatelle, bauble, bawbee, bean, bibelot, bit, brass farthing, button, cent, crown, curio, dab, dole, dollar, dot, dram, dribble, driblet, dwarf, farce,… … Moby Thesaurus
care a brass farthing, a damn, a fig, a monkey's toss*, a rap, a tinker's cuss, not to — Not to care in the slightest … A concise dictionary of English slang
care a farthing — • give a hang • care a brass farthing • care a button • care a damn • care a farthing • care a fig • care a hang • care a hoot • care a pin • care a rap • care a straw • care a whistle • care two pins about (from Idioms in Speech) in negative: to … Idioms and examples
