Definition of penny

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

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Threepenny :: Threepenny (a.) Costing or worth three pence; hence, worth but little; poor; mean..
Copper :: Copper (n.) A coin made of copper; a penny, cent, or other minor coin of copper..
Lickpenny :: Lickpenny (n.) A devourer or absorber of money.
Pelter :: Pelter (n.) A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint..
"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..
Penny :: Penny (n.) See Denarius.
Pennyworth :: Pennyworth (n.) A small quantity; a trifle.
Water Pennywort :: Water pennywort () Marsh pennywort. See under Marsh.
Quadrans :: Quadrans (n.) The fourth of a penny; a farthing. See Cur.
Pinchpenny :: Pinchpenny (n.) A miserly person.
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..
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.
Picayune :: Picayune (n.) A small coin of the value of six and a quarter cents. See Fippenny bit.
Mail :: Mail (n.) A small piece of money; especially, an English silver half-penny of the time of Henry V..
Earles Penny :: Earles penny () Earnest money. Same as Arles penny.
Catchpenny :: Catchpenny (n.) Some worthless catchpenny thing.
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..
Penny :: Penny (n.) Money, in general; as, to turn an honest penny..
Penny :: Penny (a.) Worth or costing one penny.
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