FARTHING
NOUNS
► COVENT-GARDEN a farthing (1/4d) → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► CUE the sum of half a farthing, formerly denoted in College accounts by the letter ‘q’, originally for ‘quadrans’ → 1440 obs.
► DADLA ► DADLER a farthing → 1900s sl.
► FA’D ► FA-DEE ► FAR-DEE a farthing → c1870 Brit. sl.
► FADGE a farthing → 1789 sl.
► FADGER a farthing → L19 Cockneys’
► FARDEL a farthing → L19 Irish sl.
► FARDEN a farthing → M18 sl.
► FARDENER a thing worth or costing a farthing → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FARDETH a farthing’s worth → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FIDDLER a farthing (1/4d) → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► GENNITRAF a farthing (1/4d) → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► GIGG a farthing (1/4d) → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► GRIG a farthing (1/4d) → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► HARRINGTON a farthing (1/4d) → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► JACK a farthing → a1700 sl.
► JAM JAR a farthing → 1950s near rhyming sl. for ‘far’
► JIG a farthing (1/4d) → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► MOPPUS ► MOPUS a farthing → L17 sl.
► NITRAPH a farthing → 1859 back-slang
► NOGGIN a farthing → 1943 W. Indies sl.
► QUARTER a farthing → 1641 Eng. dial. obs.
► QUARTEREEN a farthing → M19 sl.
► QUATRIN a small piece of money; a farthing → c1400 obs.
► RAG a farthing → 1590 cant obs.
► SCROPE a farthing (1/4d) → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► SMULKIN a brass farthing → c1571 obs.
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