They were warned that if they tried to dodge the Guards or hold back a single farthing of money they would be liable to instant death.
I think a whole year elapsed without his pocketing a single farthing.
Every single gift was recorded, whether a single farthing, £3,000 or an old teaspoon.
The veal and bread were nearby, and her purse contained a single farthing.
But it was uninhabited now, and he had given his steward specific orders to spend not a single farthing on its upkeep.
I won't bate you a single farthing, sir, but I'll put down the money here and now, and I'll thankfully throw you in a pound to take it.
That is not to pay the Ghoul a single farthing from here on.
Nobody had bought anything of her the whole livelong day; no one had given her a single farthing.
And they did not subscribe a single farthing.
The jury reached a verdict in favor of Whistler but awarded him only a single farthing in nominal damages, and the court costs were split.