"yennep" meaning in All languages combined

See yennep on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: yenneps [plural], yenap [alternative]
Etymology: Backslang for penny, with additional e. Head templates: {{en-noun}} yennep (plural yenneps)
  1. (obsolete, costermongers) A penny. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Coins Derived forms: flatch-yennep
    Sense id: en-yennep-en-noun-TWacOUia Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yenneps",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yenap",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Coins",
          "orig": "en:Coins",
          "parents": [
            "Money",
            "Business",
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "flatch-yennep"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, volume 1, Of the \"Penny Gaff\", page 41:",
          "text": "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.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1882, George MacDonald, “If I Had a Father”, in Stephen Archer and Other Strange Tales, act 2:",
          "text": "Now what are you two squabblin' over? Oh! Jack's got a yennep, and Jim's iookin' shirty.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1978, Rose Ayers, The Street Sparrows:",
          "text": "\"Give me two gen, then, and take the whole bloody tol. I've walked me teef orf afore rouf this mornin', and wot 'ave I got? Two bloody yenneps! I ask yer.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A penny."
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      "links": [
        [
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          "penny"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "costermongers",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, costermongers) A penny."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "yennep"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "flatch-yennep"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Backslang for penny, with additional e.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yenneps",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yenap",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "yennep (plural yenneps)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
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  "senses": [
    {
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        "Costermongers' back slang",
        "English 2-syllable words",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Coins"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, volume 1, Of the \"Penny Gaff\", page 41:",
          "text": "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.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1882, George MacDonald, “If I Had a Father”, in Stephen Archer and Other Strange Tales, act 2:",
          "text": "Now what are you two squabblin' over? Oh! Jack's got a yennep, and Jim's iookin' shirty.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1978, Rose Ayers, The Street Sparrows:",
          "text": "\"Give me two gen, then, and take the whole bloody tol. I've walked me teef orf afore rouf this mornin', and wot 'ave I got? Two bloody yenneps! I ask yer.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A penny."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "penny",
          "penny"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "costermongers",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, costermongers) A penny."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "yennep"
}

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