pennies in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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penny [Brit ˈpɛni, Am ˈpɛni] N

3. penny Am <pl pennies>:

penny
cent m
a penny for your thoughts or for them inf
à quoi penses-tu?
a penny saved is a penny gained or earned
un sou économisé est un sou gagné
a pretty penny inf
une jolie somme
in for a penny in for a pound
lorsque le vin est tiré, il faut le boire
take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves prov
les petits ruisseaux font les grandes rivières
the penny dropped inf
ça a fait tilt inf
they are two or ten a penny inf
on les ramasse à la pelle inf
to be penny wise pound foolish
économiser un franc et en prodiguer mille
to earn or turn an honest penny
gagner honnêtement son pain
to spend a penny inf Brit euph
aller au petit coin euph
to turn up like a bad penny
revenir continuellement

I.penny-pinching [Brit ˈpɛnɪpɪntʃɪŋ, Am ˈpɛni ˌpɪntʃɪŋ] N

II.penny-pinching [Brit ˈpɛnɪpɪntʃɪŋ, Am ˈpɛni ˌpɪntʃɪŋ] ADJ

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pennies in the PONS Dictionary

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penny <-ies [or Brit pence]> [ˈpeni] N

halfpence inv, halfpenny <-pennies> N HISTORY

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to be ten a penny fig
se ramasser à la pelle
they begrudged her every penny
ils lui ont reproché le moindre sou

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pennies Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

they begrudged her every penny
ils lui ont reproché le moindre sou
to cut sb off without a penny
déshériter qn
to be ten a penny fig
se ramasser à la pelle
I don't get a penny in royalties
je ne reçois pas un sou de droits d'auteur
the penny (has) dropped!
ça a fait tilt!
a penny for your thoughts
à quoi penses-tu?
two [or ten] a penny
treize à la douzaine
a penny for your thoughts prov
à quoi pensez-vous?
to calculate down to the last penny
calculer au plus juste
to scrape one's last pennies together
racler les fonds de tiroir(s)
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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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In return children were offered the chance to help themselves to pennies in a giant glass jar.
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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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If we're talking a penny a byte, a petabyte is one quadrillion pennies, or about $10 trillion dollars.
www.zdnet.com
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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Twelve pennies made a shilling, and twenty shillings made a pound.
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We acquired the debt the same way that a debt collector does, by purchasing it for pennies on the dollar.
www.independent.co.uk
Point-of-sale donations were accounted for separately as' pennies' donations received and set aside as designated funds, to be passed on without deduction.
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They even had to sell their dog to scrape together a few extra pennies.
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For 3 old pennies a customer hired a bathing costume and for 6 old pennies they could hire the whole package which consisted of a bathing cap, costume and towel.
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