"penny packet" meaning in English

See penny packet in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more penny packet [comparative], most penny packet [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} penny packet (comparative more penny packet, superlative most penny packet)
  1. Paltry, insignificant.
    Sense id: en-penny_packet-en-adj--FbWntG9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 23

Noun

Forms: penny packets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} penny packet (plural penny packets)
  1. A small number of things or people; a small group.
    Sense id: en-penny_packet-en-noun-7L~u6pyG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54

Inflected forms

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          "thing",
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          "people",
          "people"
        ],
        [
          "group",
          "group"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "more penny packet",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most penny packet",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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    {
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        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
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          ],
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 331:",
          "text": "Scattered across the four corners of Algeria, it was employed […] like the penny-packet handling of the French armour which had brought such disaster in 1940.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Paltry, insignificant."
      ],
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          "Paltry",
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        ],
        [
          "insignificant",
          "insignificant"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
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    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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          "people",
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    "Pages with entries"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most penny packet",
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        "superlative"
      ]
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          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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