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yenneps

yenneps is the plural of yennep.

Meaning of yennep

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

Questions about yenneps

What is yenneps the plural of?
Yenneps is the plural of yennep.

Words near yenneps in the dictionary

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

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