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Adjective

1. 1
   Dated form of penniless, today used most often for the sense of "without using pennies" rather than "without money". alt-of, dated, not-comparable

   "Three years had intervened, and how, in their pennyless state, could her mother have existed during this time?"

Synonyms

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;almslessarmbadly offbankruptbeggared

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"Three years had intervened, and how, in their pennyless state, could her mother have existed during this time?"

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