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pitch-penny

pitch-penny is the alternative form of pitchpenny.

Meaning of pitchpenny

Noun

pitchpenny (uncountable)

  1. An old game in which players attempt to throw pennies into a hole.

Questions about pitch-penny

What is pitch-penny the alternative form of?
Pitch-penny is the alternative form of pitchpenny.

Words near pitch-penny in the dictionary

  1. pitch-blackened
  2. pitch-blackness
  3. pitch-dark
  4. pitch-faced
  5. pitch-farthing
  6. pitch-penny
  7. pitch-perfect
  8. pitch-perfection
  9. pitch-perfectly
  10. pitch-pot
  11. pitch-tar

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