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Bawbee :: Bawbee (n.) A halfpenny.

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

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..

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

Scrapepenny :: Scrapepenny (n.) One who gathers and hoards money in trifling sums; a miser.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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..

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

Pennyworth :: Pennyworth (n.) Hence: The full value of one's penny expended; due return for money laid out; a good bargain; a bargain.

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

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

Third-penny :: Third-penny (n.) A third part of the profits of fines and penalties imposed at the country court, which was among the perquisites enjoyed by the earl..

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..

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