drink-penny

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• Drink

  ·vt To smoke, as tobacco. II. Drink ·noun Specifically, intoxicating liquor; as, when drink is on, ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Drink

  The drinks of the Hebrews were water, wine, "strong drink," and vinegar. Their drinking vessels were...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• 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

• 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

• Penny

  Pennyworth In the New Testament "penny," either alone or in the compound "pennyworth," occurs as th...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Drink-offering

  Consisted of wine (Num. 15:5; Hos. 9:4) poured around the altar (Ex. 30:9). Joined with meat-offerin...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Drink, strong

  (Heb. shekar'), an intoxicating liquor (Judg. 13:4; Luke 1:15; Isa. 5:11; Micah 2:11) distilled from...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• pug drink

  Watered cyder. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• pug-drink

  water cyder. W. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• thin-drink

  small beer. S. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• Drink, Strong

  The Hebrew term shecar, in its etymological sense, applies to any beverage that had intoxicating qua...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Earles penny

  ·- Earnest money. ·same·as Arles penny. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Get-penny

  ·noun Something which gets or gains money; a successful affair. ...

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• Rome penny

  ·- ·Alt. of Rome scot. ...

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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

• True-penny

  ·noun An honest fellow. ...

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• catch penny

  Any temporary contrivance to raise a contribution on the public. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• fasting-penny

  earnest money, given to servants when hired, or to bind a bargain. N. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• penny-prick

  a sport; throwing at half-pence placed on sticks which are called hobs. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• penny-whip

  very small beer. Lane, a penny per quart. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• 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

• cæsar's penny

  The tip given by a recruiting sergeant. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• penny-widdie

  A haddock dried without being split. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• 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

• three-penny upright

  A retailer of love, who, for the sum mentioned, dispenses her favours standing against a wall. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• 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.

• penny-wise and pound foolish

  Saving in small matters, and extravagant in great. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose