Third-penny

Related Words

• Third

  ·noun The sixtieth part of a second of time. II. Third ·noun The third tone of the scale; the media...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• 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

• Third rail

  ·add. ·- An electric railway using such a rail. II. Third rail ·add. ·- The third rail used in the ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Third-borough

  ·noun An under constable. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• 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. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Rome penny

  ·- ·Alt. of Rome scot. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• True-penny

  ·noun An honest fellow. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• 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

• drink-penny

  Earnest money at rendezvous houses, &c. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• penny-widdie

  A haddock dried without being split. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Third-rail system

  ·add. ·- A system in which a third rail is used for carrying the current for operating the motors, t...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• 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

• John, Third Epistle of

  Is addressed to Caius, or Gaius, but whether to the Christian of that name in Macedonia (Acts 19: 29...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• 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

• John, The Second And Third Epistles Of

  The second epistle is addressed to an individual woman. One who had children, and a sister and niece...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary