farthing dip

English

Noun

farthing dip (plural farthing dips)

  1. (archaic) A piece of bread dipped in hot fat and sold by pork butchers.
  2. (archaic) A candle.

Usage notes

Colloquial c. 1820–1880.

Translations

References
  • Partridge, Eric (1973) The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang‎, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, →ISBN, page 307
  • Hagar of the Pawn-Shop - Fergus Hume, p.3
  • Stevenson, Robert Louis - A Child’s Garden of Verses and Underwoods. 1913. XXX. A Portrait
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