Usually means: Unexpected financial gain or luck.
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We found 7 dictionaries that define the word pennies from heaven:

General (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. pennies from heaven: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pennies from heaven: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Pennies From Heaven (TV series), Pennies From Heaven, Pennies from Heaven (TV series), Pennies from Heaven (song), Pennies from Heaven: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Encyclopedia of Television (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. pennies from heaven, Pennies from Heaven: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Pennies from Heaven: Card Games

Definitions from Wikipedia (Pennies from Heaven)

noun:  a 1978 BBC musical drama serial written by Dennis Potter.
noun:  "Pennies from Heaven" is a 1936 American popular song with music by Arthur Johnston and lyrics by Johnny Burke.
noun:  a 1981 American musical romantic drama film directed by Herbert Ross, based on the 1978 BBC television drama.
noun:  Pennies From Heaven is a 1936 American musical comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Bing Crosby, Madge Evans, and Edith Fellows.
noun:  "Pennies from Heaven" is a song by American electronic music group Inner City, released in 1992 as the third single from their fourth album, Praise.


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