Idiom
not worth a brass farthing
Meaning
Worth nothing or next to nothing.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“This old coin isn't worth a brass farthing.”
“I bought the broken laptop for fifty dollars, but it isn't worth a brass farthing.”
“The critics dismissed the author's latest novel as sentimental drivel, declaring it not worth a brass farthing in literary terms.”
Examples
simple
“This old coin isn't worth a brass farthing.”
contextual
“I bought the broken laptop for fifty dollars, but it isn't worth a brass farthing.”
complex
“The critics dismissed the author's latest novel as sentimental drivel, declaring it not worth a brass farthing in literary terms.”
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