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truepenny

truepenny noun: an honest, reliable fellow.

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...
    • "Ha!" said Christie, "art thou there, old True-penny? here, stable me these steeds, and see them well bedded, and stretch thine old limbs by rubbing them down; and see thou quit not the stable till there is not a turned hair on either of them."1820 March, [Walter Scott], chapter II, in The Monastery. A Romance. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Co., and John...

truepenny meaning in Tamil

truepenny in Tamil

நம்பிக்கை மனிதர், நம்பிக்கை மாந்தர், தானியங்கு

Forms of truepenny

pluraltruepennies
alternative formtrue-penny

Questions about truepenny

What does truepenny mean?
Truepenny means an honest, reliable fellow.
What is truepenny in Tamil?
Truepenny in Tamil is நம்பிக்கை மனிதர், நம்பிக்கை மாந்தர், தானியங்கு. See Truepenny meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is truepenny?
Truepenny is a noun.
What is the plural of truepenny?
The plural of truepenny is truepennies.

Words near truepenny in the dictionary

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

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