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true-penny

true-penny is the alternative form of truepenny.

Meaning of truepenny

Noun

truepenny (plural truepennies)

  1. (capitalized, obsolete, sometimes) An honest, reliable fellow.
    • Hamlet: . . . Give me one poor request.
      Horatio: What is't, my lord? we will.
      Hamlet: Never make known what you have seen to-night. . . .Indeed, upon my sword, indeed.
      Ghost: [Beneath] Swear.
      Hamlet: Ah, ha, boy! say'st thou so? art thou there, truepenny?
      Come on—you hear this fellow in the...c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Forms of true-penny

pluraltrue-pennies

Questions about true-penny

What is true-penny the alternative form of?
True-penny is the alternative form of truepenny.

Words near true-penny in the dictionary

  1. true-love knots
  2. true-love-knot
  3. true-love-knots
  4. true-or-false
  5. true-pennies
  6. true-penny
  7. true-up
  8. true-ups
  9. Trueba
  10. Truebas
  11. Truebie

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