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Penny stamp is London Cockney rhyming slang for a tramp.
money, late 20th century, most likely arising from misunderstanding medzas and similar variants, particularly medza caroon (hal-crown) and medza meaning a half-penny (ha'penny, i.e., ½d).
To drop a penny into someone's drink means that they have to down it in one. If you penny someone who has already been pennyed then you also have to down your drink. If you miss with the penny you have to down your drink. Leads to bottles of wine being finished before the starter has been served.
Ha'penny stamp is London Cockney rhyming slang for a tramp.
Ha'penny is old British slang for the vagina.
Penny banger is London Cockney rhyming slang for a faux pas (clanger).
To spend a penny is to go to the bathroom. It is a very old fashioned expression that still exists today. It comes from the fact that in ladies loos you used to operate the door by inserting an old penny.
Penny black is London Cockney rhyming slang for the back.
Penny Locket is London Cockney rhyming slang for pocket.
Ha'penny dip is London Cockney rhyming slang for sleep (kip). Ha'penny dip is London Cockney rhyming slang for a ship.
To spend a penny is to go to the bathroom. It is a very old fashioned expression that still exists today. It comes from the fact that in ladies loos you used to operate the door by inserting an old penny.
Penny gaff was th century slang for a popular music hall or theatre.
Penny for the guy is London Cockney rhyming slang for pie.
Spend a penny is British slang for to urinate.
'Apenny dip is London cockney rhyming slang for ship.
a half-penny or ha'penny. An old term, probably more common in London than elsewhere, used before UK decimalisation in 1971, and before the ha'penny was withdrawn in the 1960s.
Cockle to a penny bun is British slang for racing odds of to .
Penny bun is London Cockney rhyming slang for one. Penny bun is London Cockney rhyming slang for sun. Penny bun is London Cockney rhyming slang for son.
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n.
See Denarius.
pl.
of Penny
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pl. of Penny.
v. t.
A half-penny.
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Worth or costing one penny.
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A small Scotch coin worth about one sixth of an English penny.
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A halfpenny.
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A small silver coin of three times the value of a penny.
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The fourth of a penny; a farthing. See Cur.
a.
Valued or sold at ten pence; as, a tenpenny cake. See 2d Penny, n.
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A penny's worth; as much as may be bought for a penny.
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pl. of Penny. See Penny.
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Denoting pound weight for one thousand; -- used in combination, with respect to nails; as, tenpenny nails, nails of which one thousand weight ten pounds.
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Money, in general; as, to turn an honest penny.
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Any small sum or coin; a groat; a stiver.
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of Penny
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Denoting a size of nails. See 1st Penny.
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A half-penny.
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An English coin, formerly of copper, now of bronze, the twelfth part of an English shilling in account value, and equal to four farthings, or about two cents; -- usually indicated by the abbreviation d. (the initial of denarius).
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