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

Penny :: Penny (n.) See Denarius.

Averpenny :: Averpenny (n.) Money paid by a tenant in lieu of the service of average.

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

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

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..

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

Brick :: Brick (n.) Any oblong rectangular mass; as, a brick of maple sugar; a penny brick (of bread)..

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

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

Pennyweight :: Pennyweight (n.) A troy weight containing twenty-four grains, or the twentieth part of an ounce; as, a pennyweight of gold or of arsenic. It was anciently the weight of a silver penny, whence the name..

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

Copper :: Copper (n.) A coin made of copper; a penny, cent, or other minor coin of copper..

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

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

Navelwort :: Navelwort (n.) A European perennial succulent herb (Cotyledon umbilicus), having round, peltate leaves with a central depression; -- also called pennywort, and kidneywort..

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

Pennyworth :: Pennyworth (n.) A penny's worth; as much as may be bought for a penny.

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

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

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