Word Finder - penny

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In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a copper coin worth 1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation. Abbreviation: d.

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In the United Kingdom, a copper coin worth 1/100 of a pound sterling. Abbreviation: p.

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In Ireland, a coin worth 1/100 of an Irish pound before the introduction of the euro. Abbreviation: p.

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In the US and Canada, a one-cent coin, worth 1/100 of a dollar. Abbreviation: ¢.

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In various countries, a small-denomination copper or brass coin.

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A unit of nail size, said to be either the cost per 100 nails, or the number of nails per penny. Abbreviation: d.

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Money in general.

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to turn an honest penny

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To jam a door shut by inserting pennies between the doorframe and the door.

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Zach and Ben had only been at college for a week when their door was pennied by the girls down the hall.

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To circumvent the tripping of an electrical circuit breaker by the dangerous practice of inserting a coin in place of a fuse in a fuse socket.

You should see Penny and Snowflake.

Cynthia was troubled with a headache and tried to catch an extra half-hour of sleep as Dean served breakfast to the early risers, Penny, Mick and two of the other climbers.

He instituted temperance refreshment rooms, a congregational penny savings bank, and held services specially for the poor.

Penny laughed, then covered her mouth.

In 1846 fourteen penny and three half-penny magazines, twelve social journals, and thirty-seven book-serials were produced every week in London.

All were out of sight below except for Mick and Penny who were just now scrambling up to the path.

They're starting on the ice climbers but they're only taking about five minutes with each of 'em. I think Penny is in there now.

In 1837 he founded the Panorama in imitation of the English Penny Magazine, and there and in Illustracdo he published the historical tales which were afterwards collected into Lendas e Narratives; in the same year he became royal librarian at the Ajuda Palace, which enabled him to continue his studies of the past.

Would you believe it, I have literally not a penny and don't know how to equip Boris.

It's only a penny whistle, and a poor one at that.

Before the couple left for their climb, Dean pulled Penny aside.

Penny and the leadership team had to cut costs.

I will buy nine sparrows for a penny, and his pia mater is not worth the ninth part of a sparrow.

The price of the two volumes is high, but this grand opus is worth every penny of it.

All charges are rounded up to the nearest penny.

Released on February 14th 2005 at £ 9.99 every single penny of profit will go to UNICEF.

It is an orphan specification, the prime justification is squeezing the last penny out of the cost of modem hardware.

They paid a penny a week in school fees.

Most precious to her is an Edward I silver penny dated 1227 Ð 1307.

Does she really think that they will be protected by banning the penny arcade?

The world's first postage stamp, the Penny Black, was sent from the building the museum now occupies.

Penny then asked people to consider voluntary redundancy, which two members of staff did.

Even if you are not going to go self-employed you will find it worth every penny!

Penny Fletcher completed the sextet with a superb personal best.

Following a revolt by local townsfolk in 1839 the half penny toll for pedestrians was lifted.

Until the penny dropped that it was just a plastic egg-box containing a motorized tricycle.

All the times she'd offered me a penny for my thoughts, yet she didn't care tuppence for my opinion.

Not a penny goes uncounted for, and not a thank you remains unsaid to all those girls who have done so much.

Also have a whippet, Penny who is the sweetest little thing, and cheeky with alot of character.

The distinctive tune was based on South African folk music played on a penny whistle.

Plans had already been formed for a trip down King Pot before I turned up with my penny's worth.

In the duke's quarrel he brawled with the Pastons, his wife boasting that, should her husband's men meet with John Paston "there should go no penny for his life."

It was expected that all who could do so would contribute the penny a week suggested in Bristol, and give a shilling at the renewal of their quarterly ticket.

Here was an orator who could apply all the resources of a burnished rhetoric to the elucidation of figures; who could sweep the widest horizon of the financial future, and yet stoop to bestow the minutest attention on the microcosm of penny stamps and post-horses.

Skipwith, a judge of the common pleas, cited a statute under which for any erasure in the rolls to the deceit of the king z oo marks fine was imposed for every penny, and so Wykeham owed 960,000 marks.

They granted only half the subsidies asked from them, pleading that three summers more of such taxation as the cardinal demanded for his master would leave the realm drained of its last penny, and reduced to f all back on primitive forms of barter, clothes for victuals and bread for cheese, out of mere want of coin.

These now expensive hot stocks will never double, triple or quadruple in value like a penny stock can.

There is a smaller collection of other soil and rhizosphere bacteria made by Dr. Penny Hirsch.

Scrabbling round to retrieve the scattered five-pence pieces, she had found instead just one glittering penny in the gutter.

Even if you are not going to go self-employed you will find it worth every penny !

I was lucky to be with Visnja and Penny who helped me meet with some great people notwithstanding my very poor socializing skills.

He actually preferred the Penny who was needy and was n't so keen on the independent and strong-willed person I am now.

A fantastic, sweaty, intimate gig with faultless music, worth every penny !

At one tenth of a penny for each liter, tap water will also drastically cut your home 's expenditure on less healthy drinks.

The old penny and threepence coins ceased to be legal tender on 31st August 1971, just over six months after D-day.

Violin from Pete gave this a nice twist too, as did Tony 's penny whistle tootling away at the end.

There is access by foot or bicycle along the tow path which starts by the Penny Ferry pub.

All the times she 'd offered me a penny for my thoughts, yet she did n't care tuppence for my opinion.

I have murky recollections of asphalt wastes patrolled by fierce, bulky boys smelling of penny chews and unwashed clothes.

Plans had already been formed for a trip down King Pot before I turned up with my penny 's worth.