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Definition of Pennyworth
1. Noun. The amount that can be bought for a penny.
Definition of Pennyworth
1. n. A penny's worth; as much as may be bought for a penny.
Definition of Pennyworth
1. Noun. The amount that can be bought by a penny. ¹
2. Noun. A small worth or quantity. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pennyworth
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pennyworth
Literary usage of Pennyworth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"BE, Diet. Cant. Crew, sv PENNY-WHITE, said of her to whom For- tune has been
kinder than Nature. pennyworth (or PENN'ORTH), subs, (colloquial). ..."
2. Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents, and Strange Events by Sabine Baring-Gould (1900)
"She used to send for "a pennyworth of strawberries " or " a pennyworth of cream
... From this she obtained the name of " Peg pennyworth," which stuck to her ..."
3. The Gospel According to St. John: The Authorized Version by Brooke Foss Westcott (1882)
"7 Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not suf- (Mark vi. 33).
... Two hundred pennyworth] ie between six and seven pounds worth. ..."
4. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"... want of a ha'pennyworth of tar. Lost Cause, in American political history,
the canse of the Confederacy in the civil war. This titular description of ..."
5. The Health Exhibition Literature (1884)
"From this table it will be evident that a pennyworth of flour buys 6'3 ozs.
of nourishing material while a pennyworth of oatmeal buys 57 ozs. ..."
6. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages: Classified Subjectively and by Robert Christy (1887)
"A pennyworth of ease is worth a penny. 9. A single penny fairly got, Is worth a
thousand that are not. Ger. 10. Account not that work slavery That brings in ..."
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