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-penny

adjective combining form

Definition of -PENNY

:  being a (designated) nail size <an eightpenny nail>
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Origin of -PENNY

penny; perhaps from the original price per hundred

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37 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. -penny
  2. penny
  3. pence
  4. penny-a-liner
  5. penny ante
  6. penny-ante
  7. penny arcade
  8. penny bank
  9. penny candy
  10. penny dreadful
  11. penny-farthing
  12. penny gaff
  13. penny grass
  14. penny loafer
  15. penny mountain
  16. penny-pinch
  17. penny-pinching
  18. penny-plain
  19. penny post
  20. penny rent
  21. penny stock
  22. penny wedding
  23. penny-wise
  24. airle-penny
  25. cock penny
  26. death penny
  27. god's penny
  28. hearth-penny
  29. mass penny
  30. pitch-penny
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