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Penny :: Penny (n.) See Denarius.

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

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

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

Tenpenny :: Tenpenny (a.) Denoting a size of nails. See 1st Penny.

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

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

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

Twopenny :: Twopenny (a.) Of the value of twopence.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Bodle :: Bodle (n.) A small Scotch coin worth about one sixth of an English penny.

Tommy :: Tommy (n.) Bread, -- generally a penny roll; the supply of food carried by workmen as their daily allowance..

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

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

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