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 Far’thing.Faryndon Inn. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Far’thingale (3 syl.).
 
A sort of crinoline petticoat. The word means a “guard for modesty.” (French, vertugarde, corrupted into verdingade, and then into farthingale.)   1
 


 Far’thing.Faryndon Inn. 

 
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