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Alternative spelling of ha'p'orth [(Britain) A halfpennyworth; the amount that can be bought for a halfpenny.]
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(Britain, Ireland, historical) Abbreviation of one penny. (a coin with the value of 1 pence/penny; 1/240th of a pound, in pre-decimalisation currency, never used for 'one new penny').
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(Britain, Ireland, historical) Abbreviation of two pence, tuppence (in pre-decimalisation currency, never used for 'two new pence').
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thruppence, threepence, a coin valuing three pennies
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(UK, historical, obsolete slang) A half-crown coin; its value, 30 pence.
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(Cockney rhyming slang) Tenner (ten pound note)
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(Scotland, historical) A coin originally worth six pennies Scots, and later three; held equivalent to an English halfpenny.
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(UK, historical, obsolete slang) A crown coin; its value, 5 shillings.
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Alternative form of pennies on the dollar [(idiomatic) A small amount of money, much less than would be expected.]
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Alternative form of dandiprat [(obsolete) An English coin worth three half-pence]
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Alternative form of dandiprat [(obsolete) An English coin worth three half-pence]
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(Canada) A coin worth one-tenth of a Canadian dollar.
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The monetary amount of eighteen pence.
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Having a value or cost of eighteenpence.
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(historical, numismatics) A former coin worth eight pence; the monetary amount of eight pence.
adj
Having a value or cost of eightpence.
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(UK, obsolete) the value of eleven old pennies
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Having a value or cost of elevenpence.
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(UK, obsolete, Northern England, Jamaica) Pronunciation spelling of farthing. [(historical) Former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny; or a coin representing this.]
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(historical) Former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny; or a coin representing this.
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(Britain, historical, 13th-19th C.) A unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre.
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The amount that can be bought for a farthing.
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(nonstandard, pronunciation spelling) Alternative form of fifty, especially a 50-caliber machine gun. [(countable) A banknote or coin with a denomination of 50.]
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The monetary amount of fifteen pence.
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Having a value or cost of fifteenpence.
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(US, obsolete) fippenny bit
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(now historical) A fivepenny; a fivepenny bit.
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(Britain, informal, dated) fivepence
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Alternative form of fipenny [(now historical) A fivepenny; a fivepenny bit.]
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(obsolete, US, Pennsylvania region) The Spanish half real, or one sixteenth of a dollar.
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A monetary amount of five pence.
adj
(dated) Costing fivepence.
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(dated, costermongers) Half-penny.
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(dated, costermongers) Half-crown.
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A pre-decimal British coin, worth two shillings or ten new pence.
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(UK, slang, obsolete) A sovereign (the coin).
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(UK) Having a value or cost of forty pence.
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(obsolete) A four-pennyworth of spirits.
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A former British silver coin, worth four pence.
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A coin or stamp worth fourpence.
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(dated) A portion worth fourpence.
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The monetary amount of fourteen pence.
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Having a value or cost of fourteenpence.
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(Polari) Pound sterling: the currency of Great Britain; money generally.
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A historical English silver coin worth four English pennies, still minted as one of the set of Maundy coins.
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(Britain) A halfpennyworth; the amount that can be bought for a halfpenny.
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(historical, Ireland, Britain) A halfpenny; a former British and Irish coin.
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(UK, obsolete, slang) A small bread roll costing one halfpenny.
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Alternative spelling of ha'p'orth [(Britain) A halfpennyworth; the amount that can be bought for a halfpenny.]
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Obsolete form of halfpence; obsolete plural of halfpenny. [A halfpenny.]
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(plural: halfpennies) (historical) A discontinued British coin worth half of one penny (old or new).
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(Britain) As much as could be bought for a halfpenny (pre- or post-decimalisation).
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Obsolete form of halfpence [A halfpenny.]
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(UK, slang, obsolete) The sum of thirteenpence halfpenny.
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Alternative form of ha'p'orth [(Britain) A halfpennyworth; the amount that can be bought for a halfpenny.]
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(archaic, dialect, nonstandard) halfpence
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(US, archaic) A small coin, a nickel.
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A small, bronze Judean coin from the 1st century BCE, considered by some to be the widow's mite.
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(US, obsolete, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia) The Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar, valued at elevenpence when the dollar was rated at seven shillings and sixpence.
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(idiomatic, UK) To look very disappointed.
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(Britain, Australia, via Cockney rhyming slang, obsolete) Sixpence.
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(UK, slang, obsolete) A halfpenny.
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(Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, now rare) A halfpenny.
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(obsolete) A milled sixpence.
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An old coin, a half farthing.
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A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing.
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(Britain) The decimal monetary system used in the United Kingdom since 1971.
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(Britain, Ireland, dated) Following decimalisation, the name given to the coin worth one hundredth of a pound; now known simply as the penny. Symbol: p
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Alternative letter-case form of Nickelodeon [(historical) A small, rudimentary movie theater that charged five cents for admission, popular in North America from about 1905 to 1915.]
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(obsolete, Britain) Nine old pennies.
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(historical) A relatively cheap seat in a cinema, costing ninepence.
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The monetary amount of nineteen pence.
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(historical) a halfpenny
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(Britain, Ireland) The monetary system used in the United Kingdom and Ireland before decimalisation in 1971 and consisting of pounds, shillings, pence and farthings.
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A coin worth one old penny.
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(UK, historical) Cheap seats in a theatre, costing one shilling and nine pence.
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(Britain, Ireland, colloquial) Pence; penny (a quantity of money)
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Obsolete form of pennies; obsolete plural of penny. [An unspecified, but very small amount of money.]
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An old currency unit, the Swedish penning.
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(obsolete, Britain) Alternative form of pennyworth [The amount that can be bought for a penny.]
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In the United Kingdom, a unit of currency worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a pound sterling, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: p.
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A small-scale business transaction.
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(Canada, US) Candy, historically sold by the piece at one penny each, now usually sold in bulk by weight.
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(Britain) A chew (chewy confectionery) costing (or formerly costing) one penny.
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(UK, obsolete, slang) A small bread roll costing one penny.
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(historical) A British coin worth 1⁄240 of a pound sterling, made of silver prior to 1496, and copper thereafter, Abbreviation: d.
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(finance, UK, US) A highly speculative stock selling for less than one dollar/pound per share and quoted in cents or pence.
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(of a writer) Paid at the rate of a penny per line.
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Alternative form of penny farthing [A type of bicycle popular in the 19th century, with the front wheel far larger than the rear one.]
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Alternative form of penny gaff [(historical) An entertainment in 19th-century England consisting of short theatrical displays such as dancing, singing, clowning, and plays.]
adj
Alternative spelling of penny-ante [Of or pertaining to penny ante poker.]
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(Scotland, historical) An old Scots unit of measure of land.
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A small value or quantity.
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(historical) The alms-fee.
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(numismatics, especially Louisiana, historical) A small coin of the value of six-and-a-quarter cents; a Spanish coin with a value of half a real; a fippenny bit.
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A small copper coin of the East Indies, worth less than a cent.
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An unusually thick coin, often exactly twice the normal weight and thickness of other coins.
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Alternative form of piedfort (“unusually thick coin”) [An unusually thick coin, often exactly twice the normal weight and thickness of other coins.]
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(Scotland, Northern England, historical) A coin issued by James III of Scotland; also a 15th-16th century Scottish coin worth four Scots pennies.
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(numismatics, historical) A 13th-century European coin minted as a debased counterfeit of the sterling silver penny of Edward I of England, at first legally accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.
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(UK, obsolete, slang) A farthing.
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(obsolete) Any of several small copper coins, similar to farthings, in any of several countries.
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(Jamaica) An old Jamaican coin worth three cents or one-and-a-half pence.
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(historical) A small sum of money taken to school by a child as payment for the teaching they receive.
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(UK, obsolete) The value of seven old pennies.
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Having a value or cost of sevenpence.
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The monetary amount of seventeen pence.
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The symbol '/' used in the United Kingdom before decimalisation to separate shillings from pence when writing out sums of money. (Examples: 7/6 = seven shillings and six pence; 7/- = seven shillings exactly.)
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(Britain) A game, traditionally played in pubs in Great Britain, in which players attempt to push coins so that they land between marked boundaries.
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Alternative spelling of shove ha'penny [(Britain) A game, traditionally played in pubs in Great Britain, in which players attempt to push coins so that they land between marked boundaries.]
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(slang, Britain, dated, 17th-19th C.) Sixpence coin.
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(historical) A former British coin worth sixpence, first minted in 1551.
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A publication costing sixpence.
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(dated) A portion worth sixpence.
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The monetary amount of sixteen pence.
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Having a value or cost of sixteenpence.
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(US) A zinc-coated steel version of the one-cent coin, produced during World War II because of copper shortages.
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(Australia, obsolete) A two-shilling coin.
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(idiomatic, UK) So common as to be practically worthless.
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(idiomatic) A short and common word used in place of a longer and more uncommon one.
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(obsolete, Britain, Ireland) A coin worth ten old pence.
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Having a value or cost of tenpence.
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(Britain, slang, dated) A sixpence.
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(obsolete) A sixpence; a tester.
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(dated) A coin worth thirteenpence.
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The monetary amount of thirteen pence.
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Having a value or cost of thirteenpence.
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(dated, UK) A money of account equal to 1½d.
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(countable, historical) A former (pre-decimalisation) British or Irish coin worth three old pence.
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A stamp worth three pence.
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(historical) A former (pre-decimalisation) British coin worth three old pennies.
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Alternative form of threepenny bit [(historical) A former (pre-decimalisation) British coin worth three old pennies.]
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(dated) A portion worth threepence.
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Alternative form of thruppence [(Britain, informal, dated) Threepence (in pre- or post-decimalisation currency)]
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Alternative form of threepenny [Having a value or cost of threepence.]
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(Britain, informal, dated) Threepence (in pre- or post-decimalisation currency)
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(Britain, informal, dated) threepence
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(UK, historical) A duty paid to tithingmen.
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(Canada, informal, numismatics) A Canadian two-dollar coin.
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Alternative form of tosheroon [(Britain, archaic slang) A half-crown coin; its value]
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(Australia, informal) A three penny coin; a thrippence.
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Alternative form of truepenny [(obsolete, sometimes capitalized) An honest, reliable fellow.]
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(Britain, dated) Two pennies' worth; goods or services with a value of two pennies.
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Alternative spelling of tuppence worth [(Britain, dated) Two pennies' worth; goods or services with a value of two pennies.]
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Alternative spelling of tuppence worth [(Britain, dated) Two pennies' worth; goods or services with a value of two pennies.]
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(Britain, dated) A coin or stamp worth two pence.
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(UK, chiefly derogatory) Very cheap.
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(historical) An old Scottish copper coin worth two pence, issued by King James VI.
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Alternative form of tosheroon [(Britain, archaic slang) A half-crown coin; its value]
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(historical) An old Scots shilling.
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The monetary amount of twelve pence.
adj
Having a value or cost of twelvepence.
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The monetary amount of twenty pence.
adj
Having a value or cost of twentypence.
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(idiomatic, Britain) very common; cheap
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(UK, Australia, obsolete) Two shillings; a florin.
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(US, idiomatic, colloquial) A nearly worthless amount, alluding to placing a copper penny on each of the eyelids of a pauper's or slave's body before burial.
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(chiefly US and Canada) Synonym of two pennies' worth.
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(UK, idiomatic, dated, in negative constructions) Any money whatsoever.
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(Britain) Two pennies' worth.
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(idiomatic, UK, colloquial) One's opinion or thoughts.
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Alternative spelling of two penn'orth [(Britain) Two pennies' worth.]
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Alternative spelling of toonie [(Canada, informal, numismatics) A Canadian two-dollar coin.]
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Alternative spelling of toonie [(Canada, informal, numismatics) A Canadian two-dollar coin.]
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(Britain, Ireland) A cost or value of two pence.
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Alternative spelling of two penn'orth [(Britain) Two pennies' worth.]
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(Britain, countable, dated) A coin or stamp worth two pence.
adj
Alternative form of twopenny-halfpenny [(dated, informal) Petty, insignificant.]
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(dated) A portion worth twopence.
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(UK, historical, informal) A token, similar in appearance to a real farthing, used for marketing and small change during the latter 19th century.
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An American penny with wheat depicted on its reverse.
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(numismatic slang) A wheat penny.
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(obsolete, costermongers) A penny.
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Sixpence or a small amount of money.
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Abbreviation of halfpenny. [(plural: halfpennies) (historical) A discontinued British coin worth half of one penny (old or new).]
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