Pennyworth

noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

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Noun
  1. 1
    The amount that can be bought for a penny.

    "She was learned in decocting all kinds of herb-tea, infallible in curing burns, sprains, and scalds ; and not a few pennyworths of gingerbread and paradise (for the latter she was very famous) went among her young customers, for which the till was never the richer."

  2. 2
    the amount that can be bought for a penny wordnet
  3. 3
    A small quantity or value.

    "VVhy Lambe, vvhy Lady, fie you ſluggabed, / VVhy Loue I ſay, Madam, ſvveeteheart, vvhy Bride: / VVhat not a vvord, you take your pennivvorths novv, / Sleepe for a vveeke, […]"

  4. 4
    A good bargain. dated

    "VVilt thou purchaſe it Nic.? thou ſhalt have a lumping Pennyvvorth; nay, rather than vve ſhould differ, I'll give thee ſomething to take it off my Hands."

Synonyms

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accountaceatomaughtbargainbissel

Antonyms

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oodles

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"A miserable quarrel provoked by the hardheartedness of the landlord of a public-house, who insisted upon having three pounds of bread in payment for two pennyworth of wine which the woman had regaled herself with, was the circumstance that constituted the charge, and which, if substantiated would be punishable by five or ten years' imprisonment."

Etymology

From penny + worth.

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