penny
noun
a copper and zinc U.S. coin, worth one 100th of the U.S. dollar; one cent. Previous compositions of U.S. pennies included certain percentages of nickel and steel.
pennied
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a word derived from
penny.
Example Sentences
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As we read the description we have no hesitancy in believing that the "unpennied sweep" frequently became a pennied sweep after the gentle Elia had passed by.
From Stories of Authors, British and American by Edwin Watts Chubb
