pennyworth

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

[sing.] (old-fashioned, BrE) as much as you can buy with a PENNY; a small amount of sth

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

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pennyworthEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus pennyworthEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

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penitent penitential penitentiary penknife penmanship pen-name pennant penniless penny penny-farthing penny-pinching

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