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luckpenny

luckpenny is the alternative form of luck penny.

Meaning of luck penny

Noun

luck penny (plural luck pennies)

  1. (archaic) A small sum of money given back for luck when paying.
    • I mean, had he not luckily exposed his legacy to jeopardy, having offered it as bounty-money and luckpenny to the patronc. 1827, Thomas Carlyle (translator), originally byJean Paul Friedrich Richter, The Campaner thal, and other writings, Life of Quintus Fixlein
    Synonyms:
    God's penny
  2. A coin carried or given for luck.
    • 'A kind harvest to you, John Dolan,' cried the postillion, 'and success to ye, Winny, with the quality. There's a luck-penny for the child to begin with,' added he, throwing the child a penny.1812, Maria Edgeworth, The Absentee, Chapter X

Forms of luckpenny

pluralluckpennies

Questions about luckpenny

What is luckpenny the alternative form of?
Luckpenny is the alternative form of luck penny.

Words near luckpenny in the dictionary

  1. Lucknow Division
  2. Lucknowi
  3. Luckow
  4. Luckows
  5. luckpennies
  6. luckpenny
  7. lucks
  8. lucks in
  9. lucks into
  10. lucks out
  11. lucks through

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