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pitch-farthing
ˈpitch-ˌfarthing [pitch v.1 17.] A game resembling pitch-and-toss, in which the coins, instead of being tossed so as to fall ‘head or tail’, were pitched towards a hole, so as to afford more scope for skill; = chuck-farthing, q.v.1742 Chesterfield Lett. (1792) I. xciv. 268 Your various occupations o... Oxford English Dictionary
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Chain drive
Because of the fixed pitch length, the pitch line of the link cuts across the chord between two pitch points on the sprocket, remaining in this position The popularity of the chain-driven safety bicycle brought about the demise of the penny-farthing, and is still a basic feature of bicycle design today. wikipedia.org
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John Harris (novelist)
The Mustering of the Hawks (1972) The Mercenaries (1969), US Title: The Jade Wind The Courtney Entry (1971) As Mark Hebden What Changed Charley Farthing Pirates (1984) Pel and the Predators (1984) Pel and the Prowler (1985) Pel and the Paris Mob (1986) Pel Among the Pueblos (1987) Pel and the Touch of Pitch wikipedia.org
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pitch
▪ I. pitch, n.1 (pɪtʃ) Forms: 1–2 pic; 2–5 pich, 3–6 pych, (3 pisch), 4–5 pycche, picche, 4–6 pyche, (5 peche), 5–6 piche, pytch(e, pitche, 6– pitch. β. (northern) 3–6 pik, 4 pic, pike, 4–5 pyke, pikke, 4–6 pyk, pyck, 5 picke, pikk, pykk(e, 6–7 (8–9 dial.) pick. [OE. pic, ad. L. pix, pic-em (whence ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Elizabeth Finlayson Gauld
The same report noted that Gauld had been given the responsibility for organising a paper-selling pitch in Princes Street, supported by Miss A Scott, Miss In 1916, a play solely written by Gauld was performed for the benefit of wounded Royal Scots’ soldiers: this was a comedy A brass farthing with a large wikipedia.org
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Penny in the hole
Pitch penny (also called Penny seat, Penny slot, Tossing the penny, and Penny in the hole) is a pub game. History [[File:ALPP - Chuck-Farthing.png|thumb|A game of Chuck-Farthing: "As you value your Pence, ⁠At the Hole take your Aim; Chuck all safely in, ⁠And wikipedia.org
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A Kestrel for a Knave
Mr Farthing takes an interest. He goes onto the football pitch and is told to play in goal. wikipedia.org
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Link-boy
The linkboy's fee was commonly one farthing, and the torch was often made from burning pitch and tow. wikipedia.org
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Seth Fisher
Fisher met Dabb online in 1996, and they did an 8-page mini-comic that gave a feel for the story to pitch to a publisher. vol. 2 #7 (CBLDF, 2000) Zendra #5 (Penny-Farthing Press, 2001) Transformers: Dark Star hc (Titan Books, 2005) Other work Myst III: Exile (design for the wikipedia.org
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Coulsdon
The alternate centre, Old Coulsdon, has a recreation ground/cricket pitch-focused village green, a much smaller parade of shops than Coulsdon's high street The London Loop footpath passes through Happy Valley and Farthing Downs between Hamsey Green and Banstead. wikipedia.org
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Ben Wallace (politician)
Wallace said Ministry of Defence staff had suffered abuse from some of Farthing's supporters, who alleged the government had initially abandoned Farthing His children were divided on whether Wallace should have made a pitch for the Conservative leadership in 2022. wikipedia.org
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Broad Chalke
The civil parish includes the hamlets of Knapp, Mount Sorrel and Stoke Farthing. By 1608 the Pembroke estate had also acquired the manors of Knighton and Stoke Farthing. wikipedia.org
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Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
United Nations to partition the island (to save costs, this is accomplished by little more than painting a white line across the island with a cricket pitch Resident Advisor John Le Mesurier as the Grand Duke Marie Lohr as Lady Carlton-Browne Kynaston Reeves as Sir Arthur Carlton-Browne Ronald Adam as Sir John Farthing wikipedia.org
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Arthur Augustus Zimmerman
He began cycle-racing at 17 on a penny-farthing, a traditional bicycle on which he sat above a 55-inch wheel, a smaller wheel following. On a bike weighing 12 kg, on soft tires 38mm across, without toe-straps and on a gear of 17 x 7 (in today's half-inch pitch, the gear would be 34 x 14) wikipedia.org
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Richard Daly
She possessed talent which her friend Frances Burney was "sure will in time raise her to the highest pitch of fame". by July he considered such character was undeserved, and in August he rejoiced in his "very pleasant" situation and confirmed he had "not been fined a farthing wikipedia.org
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