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yennep

yennep noun: a penny.

Noun

yennep (plural yenneps)

  1. (obsolete, costermongers) A penny.
    • To discover the kind of entertainment, a lad near me and my companion was asked "if there was any flash dancing." With a knowing wink the boy answered "Lots! show their legs and all, prime!" and immediately the boy followed up this information by a request for a "yennep" to get a "tib of occabot."1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, volume 1, Of the "Penny Gaff", page 41
    • Now what are you two squabblin' over? Oh! Jack's got a yennep, and Jim's iookin' shirty.1882, George MacDonald, “If I Had a Father”, in Stephen Archer and Other Strange Tales, act 2

Forms of yennep

pluralyenneps
alternative formyenap

Origin of yennep

Backslang for penny, with additional e.

Words formed from yennep

Questions about yennep

What does yennep mean?
Yennep means a penny.
What part of speech is yennep?
Yennep is a noun.
What is the plural of yennep?
The plural of yennep is yenneps.

Words near yennep in the dictionary

  1. yenite
  2. Yenki
  3. yenless
  4. Yenna
  5. yenned
  6. yennep
  7. yenneps
  8. yennies
  9. yenning
  10. Yennora
  11. yenny

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