Word: farthin
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Dates: during 1927-1927
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...Glasgow the shrewd city fathers debated hotly a similar matter: whether they would appropriate £15,000 ($72,900) to entertain the Sovereigns next July. Cried Councilman Douglas MacConaughty, striking the table with his cane: " 'Twud na' be worth it! Ha' we a brass farthin' too many in the common good funds?" His peers, more hospitable, voted the appropriation...
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