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Penny
·adj Worth or costing one penny.
II. Penny ·noun ·see <<Denarius>>.
III. Penny ·noun Any small sum...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Penny
(Gr. denarion), a silver coin of the value of about 7 1/2d. or 8d. of our present money. It is thus ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Penny
Pennyworth
In the New Testament "penny," either alone or in the compound "pennyworth," occurs as th...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Catch
·vi To attain possession.
II. Catch ·noun Act of seizing; a grasp.
III. Catch ·noun A slight remem...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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catch
A term used among fishermen to denote a quantity of fish taken at one time.
It is said that the cat...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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catch
A term used among fishermen to denote a quantity of fish taken at one time.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Earles penny
·- Earnest money. ·same·as Arles penny.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Get-penny
·noun Something which gets or gains money; a successful affair.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Rome penny
·- ·Alt. of Rome scot.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Third-penny
·noun A third part of the profits of fines and penalties imposed at the country court, which was amo...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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True-penny
·noun An honest fellow.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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fasting-penny
earnest money, given to servants when hired, or to bind a bargain. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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penny-prick
a sport; throwing at half-pence placed on sticks which are called hobs.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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penny-whip
very small beer. Lane, a penny per quart.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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ream-penny
(i. e. Rome-penny) Peter-pence. He reckons up his ream-pennies ; that is, he tells all his faults. N...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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cæsar's penny
The tip given by a recruiting sergeant.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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drink-penny
Earnest money at rendezvous houses, &c.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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penny-widdie
A haddock dried without being split.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Catch crop
·add. ·- Any crop grown between the rows of another crop or intermediate between two crops in ordina...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Catch title
·add. ·- A short expressive title used for abbreviated book lists, ·etc.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Catch-basin
·noun A cistern or vault at the point where a street gutter discharges into a sewer, to catch bulky ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Catch-meadow
·noun A meadow irrigated by water from a spring or rivulet on the side of hill.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cony-catch
·vt To <<Deceive>>; to <<Cheat>>; to <<Trick>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Fair catch
·add. ·- A catch made by a player on side who makes a prescribed signal that he will not attempt to ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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catch club
A member of the patch club; a bum bailiff.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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catch fart
A footboy; so called from such servants commonly following close behind their master or mistress.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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catch pole
A bum bailiff, or sheriff's officer.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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catch-land
land which is not certainly known to what parish it belongs, and the minister that first gets the ti...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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out-catch
to overtake. North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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catch-fake
An unseemly doubling in a badly coiled rope.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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crooked-catch
An iron implement bent in the form of the letter S.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Penny-a-liner
·noun One who furnishes matter to public journals at so much a line; a poor writer for hire; a hack ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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three-penny upright
A retailer of love, who, for the sum mentioned, dispenses her favours standing against a wall.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to catch a tartar
To attack one of superior strength or abilities. This saying originated from the story of an Irish s...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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catch a crab
In rowing, when an oar gets so far beneath the surface of the water, that the rower cannot recover i...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Six Penny Receivers' Office
On Tower Hill (Dodsley, 1761).
Sixpence a month paid in by all seamen for the benefit of Greenwich ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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to catch a weasel asleep
It is a common belief that this little animal is never caught napping, for the obvious reason that h...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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catch a turn there
Belay quickly.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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turn, to catch a
To pass a rope once or twice round a cleat, pin, kevel, or any other thing, to keep it fast.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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penny-wise and pound foolish
Saving in small matters, and extravagant in great.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose