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get-pennies

get-pennies is the plural of get-penny.

Meaning of get-penny

Noun

get-penny (plural get-pennies)

  1. (colloquial, dated) Something that makes money; a financially successful affair.
    • thou and thy acts become the posies for hospitals; when thy name shall be written upon conduits, and thy deeds played i' thy lifetime by the best companies of actors, and be called their get-penny.1605 August (first performance), Geo[rge] Chapman, Ben Ionson, Ioh[n] Marston, Eastward Hoe. […], London: […] [George Eld] for William Aspley, published September 1605, →OCLC, (please specify the...

Questions about get-pennies

What is get-pennies the plural of?
Get-pennies is the plural of get-penny.

Words near get-pennies in the dictionary

  1. get-out clause
  2. get-out clauses
  3. get-out-of-jail-free card
  4. get-out-of-jail-free cards
  5. get-outs
  6. get-pennies
  7. get-penny
  8. get-readies
  9. get-ready
  10. get-rich-quick
  11. get-rich-quicker

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