Usually means: Old bicycle with large front wheel.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word penny farthing:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. penny farthing: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. penny-farthing: Merriam-Webster
  3. penny-farthing: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. penny-farthing, penny-farthing: Collins English Dictionary
  5. penny-farthing: Wordnik
  6. penny-farthing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. penny-farthing, penny farthing: Wiktionary
  8. Penny Farthing, Penny-farthing, Penny farthing (disambiguation), Penny farthing: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. penny-farthing: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Penny Farthing, penny-farthing: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. penny-farthing, penny farthing: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Penny Farthing: Bicycle Glossary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (penny farthing)

noun:  A type of bicycle popular in the 19th century, with the front wheel far larger than the rear one.

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