Japanese crossword «Penny and Farthing»
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I've never heard it called that before. Learn something new every day!
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The funny thing is that they were named for the penny and the farthing, because of the two sizes of wheels. But they weren't really even called penny-farthings in their day. They were just called bicycles. As they were becoming obsolete we needed a term to differentiate between these and normal modern bikes with two equal-sized wheels.
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What is a penny farthing? Sounds like British coin. Looks like a cute toy tractor to me.
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This is a lovely little puzzle! The shape of the penny farthing is well captured here
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