"truepenny" meaning in All languages combined

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          "ref": "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 Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v]:",
          "text": "Hamlet: . . . Give me one poor request.\nHoratio: What is't, my lord? we will.\nHamlet: Never make known what you have seen to-night. . . .Indeed, upon my sword, indeed.\nGhost: [Beneath] Swear.\nHamlet: Ah, ha, boy! say'st thou so? art thou there, truepenny?\nCome on—you hear this fellow in the cellarage—\nConsent to swear.",
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          "ref": "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 Ballantyne, […], →OCLC, page 37:",
          "text": "\"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.\"",
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          "ref": "1870, Wilkie Collins, chapter 25, in Man and Wife:",
          "text": "\"Duncan! you are, what I call, a clear-minded man. Well worth thinking of, old Truepenny!\"",
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          "ref": "1916, Sherwood Anderson, chapter 3, in Windy McPherson's Son:",
          "text": "\"Hear me, Father Almighty. . . . Are you there, old Truepenny?\"",
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        "An honest, reliable fellow."
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        "(obsolete, sometimes capitalized) An honest, reliable fellow."
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          "ref": "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 Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v]:",
          "text": "Hamlet: . . . Give me one poor request.\nHoratio: What is't, my lord? we will.\nHamlet: Never make known what you have seen to-night. . . .Indeed, upon my sword, indeed.\nGhost: [Beneath] Swear.\nHamlet: Ah, ha, boy! say'st thou so? art thou there, truepenny?\nCome on—you hear this fellow in the cellarage—\nConsent to swear.",
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          "ref": "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 Ballantyne, […], →OCLC, page 37:",
          "text": "\"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.\"",
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          "ref": "1870, Wilkie Collins, chapter 25, in Man and Wife:",
          "text": "\"Duncan! you are, what I call, a clear-minded man. Well worth thinking of, old Truepenny!\"",
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          "ref": "1916, Sherwood Anderson, chapter 3, in Windy McPherson's Son:",
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