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True
·adv In accordance with truth; truly.
II. True ·noun Right to precision; conformable to a rule or p...
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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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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True-blue
·noun A person of inflexible integrity or fidelity.
II. True-blue ·adj Of inflexible honesty and fi...
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True-born
·adj Of genuine birth; having a right by birth to any title; as, a true-born Englishman.
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True-bred
·adj Of a genuine or right breed; as, a true-bred beast.
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True-hearted
·adj Of a faithful heart; honest; sincere; not faithless or deceitful; as, a truhearted friend.
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true anomaly
See anomaly.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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true-blue
A metaphorical term for an honest and hearty sailor: "true to his uniform, and uniformly true."
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true-horizon
See horizon.
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true tide
Opposed to cross-tide (which see).
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true water
The exact depth of soundings.
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Earles penny
·- Earnest money. ·same·as Arles penny.
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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...
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catch penny
Any temporary contrivance to raise a contribution on the public.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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fasting-penny
earnest money, given to servants when hired, or to bind a bargain. N.
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penny-prick
a sport; throwing at half-pence placed on sticks which are called hobs.
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penny-whip
very small beer. Lane, a penny per quart.
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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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penny-widdie
A haddock dried without being split.
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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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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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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