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truepennies

truepennies is the plural 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...

Questions about truepennies

What is truepennies the plural of?
Truepennies is the plural of truepenny.

Words near truepennies in the dictionary

  1. truels
  2. truely
  3. Trueman
  4. Truemans
  5. trueness
  6. truepennies
  7. truepenny
  8. truer
  9. trues
  10. trues up
  11. Truesdale

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