Dictionary Entry

penny

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/pəni/Used In Literature ↓

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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Common Phrases

. pennyper pennypenny onepenny lastpenny singlepenny pretty

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Poetry examples for “penny”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

My vigour is a new-minted penny,
Which I cast at your feet.

And I have seen the moon
Slip his silver penny into your pocket
As you straightened your hair;

has had ^40,000 in other things ; not
worth a penny before.

Here with her penny papers by,
We see how well she diced:

As peacock staggering underneath his tail.
Who judge of Plays from their own penny gaff,
At God's great theatre will hiss and laugh;

But of more private persons seek elsewhere,
Whereas thou may'st compound a better penny,
Ne let thy learning question'd be of any.

Waiting to be sold
For a casual penny,
In a little open case,

AN OLD SONG
THE PENNY WHISTLE
LIGHTS OUT

"And you've a luckier," I thought, "if such a grace
And impudence in rags are lucky." "Give a penny
For the poor baby's sake." "Indeed I have not any

And I have seen the moon
Slip his silver penny into your pocket
As you straightened your hair;