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

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

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

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

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)..

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

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

Pennyworth :: Pennyworth (n.) A small quantity; a trifle.

Catchpenny :: Catchpenny (a.) Made or contrived for getting small sums of money from the ignorant or unwary; as, a catchpenny book; a catchpenny show..

Pickpenny :: Pickpenny (n.) A miser; also, a sharper..

Shovelboard :: Shovelboard (n.) A board on which a game is played, by pushing or driving pieces of metal or money to reach certain marks; also, the game itself. Called also shuffleboard, shoveboard, shovegroat, shovelpenny..

"denarius :: Denarius (n.) A Roman silver coin of the value of about fourteen cents; the penny of the New Testament; -- so called from being worth originally ten of the pieces called as..

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

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

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

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

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

Picayune :: Picayune (n.) A small coin of the value of six and a quarter cents. See Fippenny bit.

Fippenny Bit :: Fippenny bit () The Spanish half real, or one sixteenth of a dollar, -- so called in Pennsylvania and the adjacent States..

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