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Piece :: Piece (n.) A coin; as, a sixpenny piece; -- formerly applied specifically to an English gold coin worth 22 shillings..

Penny :: 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..

Pinchpenny :: Pinchpenny (n.) A miserly person.

Threepenny :: Threepenny (a.) Costing or worth three pence; hence, worth but little; poor; mean..

Tenpenny :: Tenpenny (a.) Denoting a size of nails. See 1st Penny.

Tenpenny :: Tenpenny (a.) Valued or sold at ten pence; as, a tenpenny cake. See 2d Penny, n..

Merils :: Merils (n.) A boy's play, called also fivepenny morris. See Morris..

Stives :: Stiver (n.) A Dutch coin, and money of account, of the value of two cents, or about one penny sterling; hence, figuratively, anything of little worth..

Pelter :: Pelter (n.) A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint..

Lickpenny :: Lickpenny (n.) A devourer or absorber of money.

Quadrans :: Quadrans (n.) The fourth of a penny; a farthing. See Cur.

Pens :: Pens (n.) pl. of Penny.

Third-penny :: Third-penny (n.) A third part of the profits of fines and penalties imposed at the country court, which was among the perquisites enjoyed by the earl..

Stamp :: Stamp (v. t.) A half-penny.

Tope :: Tope (n.) A small shark or dogfish (Galeorhinus, / Galeus, galeus), native of Europe, but found also on the coasts of California and Tasmania; -- called also toper, oil shark, miller's dog, and penny dog..

Catchpenny :: Catchpenny (n.) Some worthless catchpenny thing.

Bawbee :: Bawbee (n.) A halfpenny.

Penny :: Penny (n.) An English coin, formerly of copper, now of bronze, the twelfth part of an English shilling in account value, and equal to four farthings, or about two cents; -- usually indicated by the abbreviation d. (the initial of denarius)..

True-penny :: True-penny (n.) An honest fellow.

Pence :: Pence (n.) pl. of Penny. See Penny.

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