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Definition & Synonyms
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• Penny
- (n.) See Denarius.
- (a.) Denoting pound weight for one thousand; -- used in combination, with respect to nails; as, tenpenny nails, nails of which one thousand weight ten pounds.
- (n.) An English coin, formerly of copper, now of bronze, the twelfth part of an English shilling in account value, and equal to four farthings, or about two cents; -- usually indicated by the abbreviation d. (the initial of denarius).
- (a.) Worth or costing one penny.
- (n.) Any small sum or coin; a groat; a stiver.
- (n.) Money, in general; as, to turn an honest penny.
Synonyms:
Cent, Centime,
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• Pennyweight
- (n.) A troy weight containing twenty-four grains, or the twentieth part of an ounce; as, a pennyweight of gold or of arsenic. It was anciently the weight of a silver penny, whence the name.
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• Penny-a-liner
- (n.) One who furnishes matter to public journals at so much a line; a poor writer for hire; a hack writer.
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Dependent, Arame, Expected, Misery, Eventually, Insightful, Beetroot, Aram, Monologue, Factor, Shrink, Treasur, Ropedancer, Suffrage, Poke, Contradict, Blennorrhagia, Eventually, Maremma, Avocado, Rehab, Norm, Evolution, Flattered, Conversation, Appreciate, Solid, Dreamland, Dependent, Pompou, Bedazzled, Glacier, |
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A, A1, Aquiline, Aardvark, Aardwolf, Abaca, Aback, Abacus, Abaft, Abalone, Abandon, Abandoned, Abandonment, Abase, Abasement, Abash, Abashed, Abashment, Abate, Abatement, Abater, Abattoir, Abb, Abbacy, Abbess, Abbey, Abbot, Abbreviate, Abbreviation, Abdicate, Abdication, Abdomen, |
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