Definition of penny

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Penny (a.) Denoting pound weight for one thousand; -- used in combination, with respect to nails; as, tenpenny nails, nails of which one thousand weight ten pounds..

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Pelter :: Pelter (n.) A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint..
Pennyworth :: Pennyworth (n.) A penny's worth; as much as may be bought for a penny.
Tenpenny :: Tenpenny (a.) Valued or sold at ten pence; as, a tenpenny cake. See 2d Penny, n..
Rome Penny :: Rome penny () Alt. of Rome sco.
Sterling :: Sterling (a.) Belonging to, or relating to, the standard British money of account, or the British coinage; as, a pound sterling; a shilling sterling; a penny sterling; -- now chiefly applied to the lawful money of England; but sterling cost, sterling value, are used..
Pinchpenny :: Pinchpenny (n.) A miserly person.
Pickpenny :: Pickpenny (n.) A miser; also, a sharper..
Pens :: Pens (n.) pl. of Penny.
Merils :: Merils (n.) A boy's play, called also fivepenny morris. See Morris..
Penny :: Penny (n.) Any small sum or coin; a groat; a stiver.
Bodle :: Bodle (n.) A small Scotch coin worth about one sixth of an English penny.
Pence :: Pence (n.) pl. of Penny. See Penny.
Tenpenny :: Tenpenny (a.) Denoting a size of nails. See 1st Penny.
Hap''penny :: Hap'penny (n.) A half-penny.
Pennyroyal :: Pennyroyal (n.) An aromatic herb (Mentha Pulegium) of Europe; also, a North American plant (Hedeoma pulegioides) resembling it in flavor..
Fippenny Bit :: Fippenny bit () The Spanish half real, or one sixteenth of a dollar, -- so called in Pennsylvania and the adjacent States..
Stamp :: Stamp (v. t.) A half-penny.
Navelwort :: Navelwort (n.) A European perennial succulent herb (Cotyledon umbilicus), having round, peltate leaves with a central depression; -- also called pennywort, and kidneywort..
Lickpenny :: Lickpenny (n.) A devourer or absorber of money.
Catchpenny :: Catchpenny (n.) Some worthless catchpenny thing.
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