pennyweight
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of pennyweight
1350–1400; Middle English penyweight, Old English penega gewihte. See penny, weight
Example Sentences
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The other measurement used to measure gold is pennyweight.
From Encyclopedia.com ● Apr. 9, 2018
This gives you the current pennyweight value of gold.
From Encyclopedia.com ● Apr. 9, 2018
Two measures are used by jewelers to determine this — karat and pennyweight.
From Encyclopedia.com ● Apr. 9, 2018
For good measure, Britain's hundredweight is 112 Ibs., not 100; the pennyweight has been unrelated to the weight of any penny for a century and a half, but equals one-twentieth of an ounce.
From Time Magazine Archive
Throughout the reef averages 1773 pennyweight of fine gold per ton; 12 pennyweight is considered a payable quantity at Bulawayo.
From Through South Africa His Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Natal by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
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