Pennyworth
[peniwә:θ]
Definition
(n.) A penny's worth; as much as may be bought for a penny.
(n.) Hence: The full value of one's penny expended; due return for money laid out; a good bargain; a bargain.
(n.) A small quantity; a trifle.
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Examples
- On approaching nearer, Bella discerned that the refection had the appearance of a small cottage-loaf and a pennyworth of milk. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The cottage loaf and the pennyworth of milk had been set forth on a sheet of paper on the window-seat. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The person who works the lace of a pair of fine ruffles for example, will sometimes raise the value of, perhaps, a pennyworth of flax to ?30 sterling. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- My own exclusive breakfast of a penny loaf and a pennyworth of milk, I provided myself. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Such zests as his particular little phial of cayenne pepper and his pennyworth of pickles in a saucer, were not wanting. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- And again, _At a great pennyworth pause a while_. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- For in another place he says, _Many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths_. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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