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pennyworth
noun 3
Collocations
2VERB + PENNYWORTH
make
PENNYWORTH + NOUN
difference
Definitions
noun
1
The amount that can be bought for a penny.
She was learned in decocting all kinds of herb-tea, infallible in curing burns, sprains, and scalds ; and not a few pennyworths of gingerbread and paradise (for the latter she was very famous) went among her young customers, for which the till was never the richer.
2
A small quantity or value.
VVhy Lambe, vvhy Lady, fie you ſluggabed, / VVhy Loue I ſay, Madam, ſvveeteheart, vvhy Bride: / VVhat not a vvord, you take your pennivvorths novv, / Sleepe for a vveeke, […]
3
A good bargain.
VVilt thou purchaſe it Nic.? thou ſhalt have a lumping Pennyvvorth; nay, rather than vve ſhould differ, I'll give thee ſomething to take it off my Hands.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — the amount that can be bought for a penny
- penn'orth
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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She was learned in decocting all kinds of herb-tea, infallible in curing burns, sprains, and scalds ; and not a few pennyworths of gingerbread and paradise (for the latter she was very famous) went am
Wiktionary02
VVhy Lambe, vvhy Lady, fie you ſluggabed, / VVhy Loue I ſay, Madam, ſvveeteheart, vvhy Bride: / VVhat not a vvord, you take your pennivvorths novv, / Sleepe for a vveeke, […]
Wiktionary03
VVilt thou purchaſe it Nic.? thou ſhalt have a lumping Pennyvvorth; nay, rather than vve ſhould differ, I'll give thee ſomething to take it off my Hands.
Wiktionary04
You say that we go round the sun. If we went round the moon it would not make a pennyworth of difference to me or to my work.
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