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silver jenny

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noun

  1. a silvery mojarra, Eucinostomus gula, inhabiting warm waters of the western Atlantic Ocean, along sandy shores.

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Mr. Bejar’s “Silver Jenny Dollar” hopes for love in “a world that’s beaten everything black and blue.”

From New York Times

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