truepenny
[troo-pen-ee]
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noun, plural true·pen·nies.
a trusty, honest fellow.
Origin of truepenny
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If I don't like Mr. Truepenny, why I can't help it; and there's an end.
"Delighted, indeed," stammered Mr. Truepenny, colouring like a girl.
"Oh, certainly, with pleasure—in the evening," said Truepenny.
He might have been killed, and what would Mr. Truepenny have cared?
"And much Mr. Truepenny would have helped you then, Ma'am," said the good girl.