Penny

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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

• 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

• 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...

  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

• 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

• 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