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wheat penny

wheat penny noun: a US one-cent coin produced from 1909 to 1959, having a portrait of Abraham Lincoln on the obverse and a pair of ears of wheat on the reverse.

Noun

wheat penny (plural wheat pennies)

  1. A US one-cent coin produced from 1909 to 1959, having a portrait of Abraham Lincoln on the obverse and a pair of ears of wheat on the reverse.
    Synonyms:
    wheatie

Synonyms of wheat penny

Forms of wheat penny

pluralwheat pennies

Questions about wheat penny

What does wheat penny mean?
Wheat penny means a US one-cent coin produced from 1909 to 1959, having a portrait of Abraham Lincoln on the obverse and a pair of ears of wheat on the reverse.
What part of speech is wheat penny?
Wheat penny is a noun.
What is the plural of wheat penny?
The plural of wheat penny is wheat pennies.

Words near wheat penny in the dictionary

  1. wheat midges
  2. wheat mildew
  3. wheat paste
  4. wheat pastes
  5. wheat pennies
  6. wheat penny
  7. Wheat Ridge
  8. wheat rust
  9. wheat rusts
  10. wheat sawflies
  11. wheat sawfly

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