Definition of penny

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Penny (n.) Any small sum or coin; a groat; a stiver.

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Merils :: Merils (n.) A boy's play, called also fivepenny morris. See Morris..
Piece :: Piece (n.) A coin; as, a sixpenny piece; -- formerly applied specifically to an English gold coin worth 22 shillings..
Twopenny :: Twopenny (a.) Of the value of twopence.
Tommy :: Tommy (n.) Bread, -- generally a penny roll; the supply of food carried by workmen as their daily allowance..
Rosary :: Rosary (n.) A coin bearing the figure of a rose, fraudulently circulated in Ireland in the 13th century for a penny..
Mail :: Mail (n.) A small piece of money; especially, an English silver half-penny of the time of Henry V..
Catchpenny :: Catchpenny (n.) Some worthless catchpenny thing.
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.
Twelvepenny :: Twelvepenny (a.) Sold for a shilling; worth or costing a shilling.
Penny :: Penny (n.) Money, in general; as, to turn an honest 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..
Lickpenny :: Lickpenny (n.) A devourer or absorber of money.
Sixpenny :: Sixpenny (a.) Of the value of, or costing, sixpence; as, a sixpenny loaf..
Pens :: Pens (n.) pl. of Penny.
Get-penny :: Get-penny (n.) Something which gets or gains money; a successful affair.
Penny :: Penny (a.) Worth or costing one penny.
Penny-a-liner :: Penny-a-liner (n.) One who furnishes matter to public journals at so much a line; a poor writer for hire; a hack writer.
Pinchpenny :: Pinchpenny (n.) A miserly person.
Earles Penny :: Earles penny () Earnest money. Same as Arles penny.
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..
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