three-farthings

Lest men should say ‘Look, where three-farthings goes!’

The Life and Death of King John 2004

The idiot brought with him, not the sovereign, but exactly nineteen shillings and eleven-pence three-farthings in change.

The Father Brown Omnibus Chesterton, G. K. 2003

At present, as Biffen knew, it was twopence three-farthings, a common figure.

New Grub Street 2003

The idiot brought with him, not the sovereign, but exactly nineteen shillings and eleven-pence three-farthings in change.

The Complete Father Brown 2003

The idiot brought with him, not the sovereign, but exactly nineteen shillings and eleven-pence three-farthings in change.

The Complete Father Brown 2003

Two ounces of cocoa nibs cost a penny three-farthings, one quart of skim milk twopence (in the country one penny), two ounces of moist sugar three-farthings; thus, for about fourpence halfpenny, you may prepare sufficient cocoa for the breakfasts of four persons.

A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes Charles Elm�� Francatelli

The toll here is about three-farthings a mile per horse.

Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada Henry A. Murray

Cappers -- under the forfeiture of three-farthings for every day's neglect; excepting _Maids, Ladies_, and _Gentlemen_, and every _Lord,

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 546, May 12, 1832 Various

Great complaints are made of the ticketing system; and persons going to purchase shawls, as they supposed, at nine-pence three-farthings each, are disgusted at being referred to a very small one pound sixteen marked very lightly in pencil immediately before the 9-3/4d., which is very large and in very black ink.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 30, 1841 Various

You return to the station and it is closed for the night, and you have a wordy discussion with the eternal cabman as to whether you shall pay a hundred or two hundred francs -- Bulgarian francs or levas which are, however, worth a bare three-farthings each to-day.

Europe—Whither Bound? Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921 Stephen Graham 1929