Usually means: Old bicycle with large front wheel.
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  1. penny-farthing: Merriam-Webster
  2. penny-farthing: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. penny-farthing, penny-farthing: Collins English Dictionary
  4. penny-farthing: Wordnik
  5. penny-farthing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. penny-farthing: Wiktionary
  7. Penny-farthing: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. penny-farthing: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. penny-farthing: Encyclopedia

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  1. penny-farthing: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Penny-farthing)

noun:  Alternative form of penny farthing [A type of bicycle popular in the 19th century, with the front wheel far larger than the rear one.]

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