Meaning of farden | Babel Free

Definitions

Pronunciation spelling of farthing.

Jamaica, Northern-England, UK, alt-of, obsolete, pronunciation-spelling

Examples

“Sir Pitt did not care, as he said, a brass fardenfor any one of them.”

“The young gent's been and popped all his things for the play and the drink; and I haven't myself so much as a brass farden to get a mouthful o' meat with."”

“Nicked the bloomin' lot 'e did--and me with not a farden to take 'ome to my brother and his missus.'”

“He was off with the letters and all, and never gave me a farden for what he had or what he l'arnt off o' me.”

“'If tha weant, tha weant,' he sed, soa that settles it, but awd rayther let th' bums tak away nearly ivvery stick aght o'th' haase nor awd take a farden less nor seven shillin'; that's th' lowest aw ivver will tak, an if tha doesn't buy'em at that price tha'll rue, for tha'll niver have sich a chonce ageean.'”

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