Meaning
Worth next to nothing, cheap junk.
Origin
From 17th-century England, tied to coins; 'brass farthing' for low, slang by 1670s in a play for nix. A 1690s text uses it for a dud.
Variants
- Brass farthing
Usage Examples
- That's not worth a brass farthing-trash.
- Not worth a brass farthing; pure junk.
- Brass farthing; worthless stuff.