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pen·ny <-nies [or Brit pence]> [ˈpeni, pen(t)s] N

I . ˈpen·ny-pinch·ing N no pl

II . ˈpen·ny-pinch·ing ADJ

ˈpen·ny whis·tle N

pen·ny ˈwise ADJ

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An infant school was started in 1833 for forty-four males and thirty-seven females, supported by subscription and pennies per week.
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The musician usually played a barrel organ known as a tinglairy, which he wheeled around the streets collecting pennies.
www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
This gap resulted in more than $116 million -- roughly 11.6 billion pennies -- in negative seigniorage.
www.slate.com
The twopenny coins measured exactly an inch and a half across; 16 pennies lined up would reach two feet.
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If we're talking a penny a byte, a petabyte is one quadrillion pennies, or about $10 trillion dollars.
www.zdnet.com
Twelve pennies made a shilling, and twenty shillings made a pound.
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They even had to sell their dog to scrape together a few extra pennies.
www.dailymail.co.uk
He brought $32 in paper money and 300 pennies.
en.wikipedia.org
Some used new pennies as sixpences in vending machines.
en.wikipedia.org
And as a result, you can barely sell the ZEV credits for pennies on the dollar.
www.afr.com

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