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I’d spent an hour moaning over my latte about my state of pennilessness when my friend interrupted to ask whether I planned on entering my book in the new Writing Australia Unpublished Manuscript award.

From The Guardian • Jun. 4, 2013

She had wanted to wear her sister’s elaborate wedding dress, but their pennilessness called for something less formal.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

He had patients, too, whose inveterate pennilessness he could swear cheerfully to—"since you want to bolt from your own money," he remarked.

From Lin McLean by Wister, Owen

She had few relatives, and none of them had any intention of burdening themselves with her pennilessness.

From Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" by Williams, C. D. (Charles D.)

To-morrow Helen might be mistress of a bonanza; to-morrow she might be, as she was to-night, a girl but briefly removed from pennilessness.

From The Desert Valley by Gregory, Jackson