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penny
noun
penny
penny-pinching
adjective and adverb

penny <pennies [or pence]> [ˈpeni] N

penny Info

penny-pinching ADJ

Usage examples with pennies

to pinch pennies
apertar o cinto

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Speculators bought the notes for pennies from de-mobilized soldiers who had to buy nails and seed in the tough economic times following the war.
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In 1653 his wife was presented for selling beer above the legal price of two pennies per quart.
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In return children were offered the chance to help themselves to pennies in a giant glass jar.
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The twopenny coins measured exactly an inch and a half across; 16 pennies lined up would reach two feet.
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This gap resulted in more than $116 million -- roughly 11.6 billion pennies -- in negative seigniorage.
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They even had to sell their dog to scrape together a few extra pennies.
www.dailymail.co.uk
We acquired the debt the same way that a debt collector does, by purchasing it for pennies on the dollar.
www.independent.co.uk
Of course, human players might not faithfully apply the equilibrium strategy, especially if matching pennies is played repeatedly.
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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
He brought $32 in paper money and 300 pennies.
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