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(idiomatic) A person or thing which is unpleasant, disreputable, or otherwise unwanted, especially one which repeatedly appears at inopportune times.
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(figuratively) A copper; a small amount of money.
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(obsolete, UK, slang) A sixpence.
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(US, slang, dated) A dollar.
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(UK, historical, obsolete slang) The Irish shilling of 13 pence, as opposed to the English 'white hog' shilling of 12 pence
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(UK, slang, obsolete) A shilling.
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(Australia, slang) A fictitious coin of very low value.
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(finance) One million dollars.
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(US, military slang) A brigadier general.
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(slang) A dollar; a buck.
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(UK, historical, obsolete slang) A crown coin; its value, 5 shillings.
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A cheap item designed to attract purchasers of other goods.
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(slang, dated) A sovereign (the coin).
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(chiefly US, idiomatic) A sum of money considered to be insignificant.
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(US, idiomatic, slang) Of or pertaining to something of little monetary value.
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(US slang) The national speed limit of 55 miles per hour introduced in the USA in 1974.
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(UK, slang, obsolete) A sixpence.
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(UK, colloquial, rare) A derisory amount of money
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(UK, slang, obsolete) A cheap hat.
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(obsolete, UK, slang) A shilling.
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(Britain, informal) A small amount.
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(obsolete, slang) A fake coin designed to look like a sovereign.
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(informal, usually in the plural) A thousand dollars.
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A small sum given back for luck to one who pays money.
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(UK, regional, slang, obsolete) Money.
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(Australia) A lot of money.
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(US, idiomatic, somewhat dated) Synonym of cheap: Low price and/or low value.
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(idiomatic, colloquial) A miser.
adj
(chiefly US, idiomatic) Having no or almost no value; worthless.
adj
Alternative form of not worth a plug nickel [(chiefly US, idiomatic) Having no or almost no value; worthless.]
adj
Of little monetary worth.
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(UK, slang, obsolete, Eton College) Money.
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(dated) A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint.
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(informal) JCPenney, an American department store.
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(electronics) 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.
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A small stake in gambling.
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(idiomatic, engineering) An improvised repair made with no regard for safety.
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(idiomatic) One who spends little money; one who is very frugal or cautious with money.
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(Canada, US) A tray or dish found in small stores for convenience in cash transactions, allowing customers to discard unwanted pennies received in their change, or to take a penny for a transaction.
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(slang, obsolete, archaic) Synonym of coffee shop or coffeehouse (“cafe”)
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prudence in petty matters
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(idiomatic) Prudent and thrifty with small amounts of money, but wasteful with large amounts.
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(obsolete) A miser or penurious person who husbands each penny.
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Alternative spelling of penny pincher [(idiomatic) One who spends little money; one who is very frugal or cautious with money.]
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Alternative form of penny wedding [(Scotland, obsolete, idiomatic) A wedding at which the guests contribute payments to help cover the cost of the event and to benefit the newly-married couple.]
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Careful with small amounts of money or over small matters.
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(slang, dated) Prize money.
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(chiefly US, colloquial) A nearly worthless amount.
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Alternative form of plug nickel [(chiefly US, colloquial) A nearly worthless amount.]
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(slang, obsolete, US) A dollar.
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(colloquial) An insignificant amount of money.
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(humorous) A worthless medal awarded for something insignificant.
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(Britain, colloquial, slang) pound sterling (usually only used with a whole number of pounds)
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(UK, slang) pounds' worth, in terms of money
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(Canada, politics) A one-time payment of $400 paid to Albertans in 2006 to commemorate a 2005 provincial budget surplus.
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(obsolete) A piece of gold money (probably because the gold of coins was often reddened by copper alloy).
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(historical, US, Australia, , and New Zealand informal) An essentially worthless note of paper money.
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(UK, slang, obsolete) A sovereign (the coin).
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(UK, obsolete, slang) A counterfeit weight or measure.
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(obsolete) A counterfeit piece of money, made from brass covered with silver.
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Coins of little value kept in one's pocket or bag.
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(dated, slang) Cent; pocket money.
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(obsolete) A sou (the French coin).
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(Britain, slang) Pound sterling.
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(Canada, slang) The practice of defacing certain editions of the Canadian five-dollar banknote, using ink to alter Sir Wilfrid Laurier's features to resemble the character Spock from Star Trek.
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(UK, slang, humorous, rare) A quid; one pound sterling.
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(finance, informal) A sixteenth of a dollar, a unit in which stocks could formerly be traded.
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(slang, obsolete) Sixpence (formerly the fare from Gravesend to Tilbury Fort).
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(Britain, archaic slang, uncountable) Any money, particularly pre-decimalization British coinage
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(Britain, dated, juvenile) In the children's game of leapfrog, the head (perhaps named from a tuppenny loaf).
v
To earn money by honest methods.
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(idiomatic, UK, Australia, often attributive) A trivially small value.
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(obsolete) An ounce; a small portion.
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(UK, historical, obsolete slang) The English shilling of 12 pence, as opposed to the Irish 'black hog' shilling of 13 pence
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A worthless replica of a coin, usually intended to defraud.
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(US, idiomatic, slang, American South, sometimes humorous) A kiss.
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