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tin penny

tin penny noun: a duty paid to tithingmen.

Noun

tin penny

  1. (UK, historical) A duty paid to tithingmen.
    • He further said, that the plaintiff had sometimes at Easter, when he received his Easter dues, received some payment for some kinds of small tithes in respect of those tenements which were no part of the Demesne Lands, viz. for every milch cow, three halfpence ; […] and a tithe penny, otherwise tin...1798, Hutton Wood, A Collection of Decrees by the Court of the Exchequer in Tithe-Causes, from the Usurpation to the Present Time, volume the third, page 526

Questions about tin penny

What does tin penny mean?
Tin penny means a duty paid to tithingmen.
What part of speech is tin penny?
Tin penny is a noun.

Words near tin penny in the dictionary

  1. tin opener
  2. tin openers
  3. tin ore
  4. Tin Pan Alley
  5. Tin Pan Alleyite
  6. tin penny
  7. tin pest
  8. tin plate
  9. tin plates
  10. tin pot dictator
  11. tin pot dictators

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