new penny
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of new penny
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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The Mint says it did large-scale testing on the new penny last year and is now doing small-scale refinements.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 20, 2023
Today is MAC, of course — Chestnut lip liner, Chintz lipstick, my lips bronze like a new penny.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2019
Trump loomed over the viewer, his face in a jowly glower, his hair darker than it is now, the metallic auburn of a new penny.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 27, 2018
She had learned many interesting facts: Did I know that the statue used to be the color of a new penny?
From New York Times ● May 1, 2015
An engineer’s wife gave Miriam Mann’s daughter a shiny new penny to put in her shoe on her wedding day.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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