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Definition of penny

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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)..

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

Mail :: Mail (n.) A small piece of money; especially, an English silver half-penny of the time of Henry V..

Threepence :: Threepence (n.) A small silver coin of three times the value of a penny.

Earles Penny :: Earles penny () Earnest money. Same as Arles penny.

Pennyroyal :: Pennyroyal (n.) An aromatic herb (Mentha Pulegium) of Europe; also, a North American plant (Hedeoma pulegioides) resembling it in flavor..

Sixpenny :: Sixpenny (a.) Of the value of, or costing, sixpence; as, a sixpenny loaf..

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

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

Rosary :: Rosary (n.) A coin bearing the figure of a rose, fraudulently circulated in Ireland in the 13th century for a penny..

Get-penny :: Get-penny (n.) Something which gets or gains money; a successful affair.

Rap :: Rap (n.) A popular name for any of the tokens that passed current for a half-penny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value.

Water Pennywort :: Water pennywort () Marsh pennywort. See under Marsh.

Tommy :: Tommy (n.) Bread, -- generally a penny roll; the supply of food carried by workmen as their daily allowance..

Twelvepenny :: Twelvepenny (a.) Sold for a shilling; worth or costing a shilling.

Pennywort :: Pennywort (n.) A European trailing herb (Linaria Cymbalaria) with roundish, reniform leaves. It is often cultivated in hanging baskets..

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..

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

Penny :: Penny (n.) Money, in general; as, to turn an honest penny..

Bawbee :: Bawbee (n.) A halfpenny.

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