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unpennied

unpennied adjective: penniless.

Adjective

unpennied (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) penniless
    • […] the delight of the early gardener, who transports his smoking cabbages by break of day from Hammersmith to Covent-garden's famed piazzas — the delight, and, oh I fear, too often the envy, of the unpennied sweep.1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC

Origin of unpennied

From un- + penny + -ed.

Questions about unpennied

What does unpennied mean?
Unpennied means penniless.
What part of speech is unpennied?
Unpennied is an adjective.

Words near unpennied in the dictionary

  1. unpenitent
  2. unpenitently
  3. unpennable
  4. unpennanted
  5. unpenned
  6. unpennied
  7. unpenning
  8. unpens
  9. unpensionable
  10. unpensioned
  11. unpent

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