10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRASS FARTHING»
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An Asperger Dictionary of Everyday Expressions: Second Edition
Brass farthing Something of no worth. The phrase is usually used in a statement
such as 'I wouldn't give a brass farthing', and thus is used to indicate that
whatever is being discussed is of little or no value – e.g. 'I wouldn't give a brass
farthing ...
Ian Stuart-Hamilton,
2006
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Early American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases
F32 Not care a (brass) Farthing 1747 GClinton in Colden Papers 3.365: I did not
care a farthing. a1767 Evans Poetry 152: But I'll proceed, nor care one farthing.
1770 Johnson Papers 7.334: one. 1770 Munford Candidates 18. 1771 BMoore in
...
Bartlett Jere Whiting,
1977
top brass % TOP1 brass farthing • not a brass farthing [P] — lit ! — not to give a
brass farthing ( P] ilJl 'Mffl 'fr ; 4 ^ ?Ji (Strange to say, he did/i 7 give a brass
farthing to this matter! a£3f5 > ft*.«#»Jtt*« ! ) brass monkey cold enough to freeze
the ...
But the brass farthing is surely a brass farthing still! and the cherry stone a cherry
stone still! And so, if by any accident a whole currant or a lump of cabbage stalk
escape the action of the gastric juice, that whole currant, or that lump of cabbage
...
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Results of Hydropathy: Or, Constipation Not a Disease of the ...
It is quite true that, if a man swallow a brass farthing, or a cherry stone, that brass
farthing or that cherry stone will be found mixed with his stool. But the brass
farthing is surely a brass farthing still! and the cherry stone a cherry stone still !
And so ...
Brass farthing = No value. 1660: Andromana, I 1. in Hazlitt, Old Plays, xiv 197,
Some wench, my life to a brass farthing! 1740: North, Lives of Nortbs, i 229 (Bohn
), He would not give one brass farthing to buy all the Presbyterians in England.
George Latimer Apperson, Martin H. Manser, Stephen J. Curtis,
2006
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A to Byz
318 Brass Farthing. Brass, subs, (popular).— 1. Impudence ; effrontery ; nrass
being a type of unblushing hardness, shamelessness, etc. This colloquialism is
by no means of yesterday, having been used by Shakspeare. Sometimes
rendered ...
John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley,
1890
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
An impudent person: coll.: ca. 1820-60. (Bee) Ex brass, 2. brass farthing (
sometimes b. fart). A farthing or less, or a dud coin (Mr Robert Barltrop comments
that in C.19, farthings were made of undiluted copper): coll.: mid-C.1720; S.E.
after ca.
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
17, 2003 brass fart noun a thing of negligible value uk Probably a convenient
shortening of brass farthing. • Starling: What have you taken? Jig: Not a brass fart.
We'll be here from arsehole to breakfast-time at this rate. —Rod wooden, smoke ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor,
2006
10
A History of Football in 100 Objects
“I don't care a brass farthing about the improvement of the game in France,
Belgium, Austria or Germany.” The words of a deranged English defender who'd
headed one too many heavy leather balls? Unfortunately, not. Rather, it was the ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRASS FARTHING»
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Pirate Festival this weekend
... elaborate marionette/puppets, an expanded Children's Schoole of Piracy, and The Bucklers, as well as Brass Farthing, offering new twists on ... «Napa Valley Register, Jun 15»
The hardy souls who run our Scouts and Guides don't get the credit …
Our Sunday road trip has seen your correspondent straining with every fibre of his being not to spend a brass farthing inside St James Park. «Warrington Guardian, Jun 15»
Sports Hotline: SPFL reconstruction debate back in spotlight.. and …
With the tricks Ashley has pulled, he doesn't deserve a brass farthing.” Peter Brewer, Blackpool , said: “When will the SPFL give Dave King his ... «Scottish Daily Record, May 15»
French press review 28 April 2015
... bills and a further 750 million euro repayment which is due to the International Monetary Fund. They don't have a proverbial brass farthing. «RFI, Apr 15»
Eco tycoon Dale Vince's ex-wife wants his millions 23 years AFTER …
... hundreds of thousands of divorcees to pursue their wealthy exes right into their retirement home — without having to fork out a brass farthing. «Daily Mail, Apr 15»
Johnson: Flames look to put padlock on playoff berth
would've wagered a brass farthing on the possibility six months ago — would be the latest. A 1-0 win in Start No. 80 on March 31st, 2004 at the ... «Calgary Herald, Apr 15»
What does the Stormont House Agreement mean for women in …
... pregnancy will know that she will not receive a brass farthing towards the upkeep of that child, should she and her partner lose their jobs. «Open Democracy, Mar 15»
It may be early March but there's spring in the step of Britain's best …
The first impression is that crime rate might be about a brass farthing in the pound. The place is so unchanging, so tranquil and so immaculately ordered that so ... «The Northern Echo, Mar 15»
Bal Thackeray was on steroids since 2007: Doctor tells Bombay high …
Thackeray Senior, who passed away on November 17, 2012, left the majority of his estate to Uddhav, and not a brass farthing to Jaidev, who ... «Daily News & Analysis, Feb 15»
Air ambulance charity benefits as motoring journalist Zog Ziegler's …
Unbelievably, MAAC receives not a brass farthing from the Government or lottery funding. Why not? The draw for the Big MAAC (geddit?) ... «Gloucestershire Echo, Jan 15»