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Pennying

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The activity of pennying in general, as part of a meal or drinking game, whereby dropping a penny in a person's drink means that they must finish it (or some such variation thereof); commonly associated with crewdates at Oxford and swaps at Cambridge. uncountable

    "The game, in which participants must ‘save the queen' by downing their drink if a penny is dropped into it, is already banned in most dining halls. However, the revelation that permitting pennying is now a criminal offence may mean that even stricter policies will now be enforced."

  2. 2
    An act of pennying, as part of a meal or drinking game. countable, uncommon
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of penny form-of, gerund, participle, present

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