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hearth-penny

hearth-penny noun: synonym of Peter's pence.

Noun

hearth-penny (plural hearth-pennies)

  1. Synonym of Peter's pence.
    Synonyms:
    Peter's pence

hearth-penny meaning in Tamil

hearth-penny in Tamil

குடும்ப வீட்டின் மீதுள்ள வரி

Synonyms of hearth-penny

Forms of hearth-penny

pluralhearth-pennies

Origin of hearth-penny

From Middle English herthpeny, from Old English heorþpeniġ; from Old English heorþ (“hearth”) + Old English peniġ (“penny”).

Questions about hearth-penny

What does hearth-penny mean?
Hearth-penny means synonym of Peter's pence.
What is hearth-penny in Tamil?
Hearth-penny in Tamil is குடும்ப வீட்டின் மீதுள்ள வரி. See Hearth-penny meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hearth-penny?
Hearth-penny is a noun.
What is the plural of hearth-penny?
The plural of hearth-penny is hearth-pennies.

Words near hearth-penny in the dictionary

  1. hearth boards
  2. hearth goddess
  3. hearth tax
  4. hearth taxes
  5. hearth-pennies
  6. hearth-penny
  7. hearth-stone
  8. hearth-stones
  9. hearthboard
  10. hearthboards
  11. hearthflame

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hearth-penny (page history and authors); hearth-penny (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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