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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "a bad penny always comes back"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "a bad penny always turns up"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "a penny saved is a penny earned"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "a penny saved is a penny gained"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "a pound to a penny"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "bad penny"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "bright as a new penny"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "clean as a new penny"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "eight penny nail"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "eightpenny nail"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "eight-penny nail"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "fourpenny nail"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "four-penny nail"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "four penny nail"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "get-penny"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "God's penny"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "hearth-penny"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "in for a penny, in for a pound"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "jam penny"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "luck penny"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "pence"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penniless"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny-a-line"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny-a-liner"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny-ante"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny ante"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny arcade"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny bank"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Penny Black"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny bun"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny candy"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny chew"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny dog"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny dreadful"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny-dreadfulish"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny-dreadfulism"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny fall"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny-farthing"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny farthing"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny-father"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny for one's thoughts"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny for them"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny for your thoughts"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny-gaff"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny gaff"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny gaffe"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny grass"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny-grass"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny in the fusebox"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny loafer"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny mail"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny packet"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny-pinch"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny-pincher"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny pincher"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny-pinching"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny post"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny pusher"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny starver"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny sterling"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny stock"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny sweet"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny tray"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny university"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny wedding"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny-wedding"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny weed"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny whip"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny whistle"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny wisdom"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny-wise"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny wise and pound foolish"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny-wise and pound-foolish"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "pennywort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Peter's penny"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "pitchpenny"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "pretty penny"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "push-penny"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Rome-penny"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "scrape-penny"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "six penny nail"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sixpenny nail"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "six-penny nail"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sixteen penny nail"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sixteen-penny nail"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "spear penny"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "spear-penny"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "spend a penny"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "swarf-penny"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "ten a penny"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "ten-penny nail"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "ten penny nail"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "tenpenny nail"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "the bad penny always comes back"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "the bad penny always turns up"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "the penny drops"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "third penny"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "tin penny"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "toffee penny"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "true-penny"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "turn an honest penny"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "twelve penny nail"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "twelve-penny nail"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "two a penny"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "two ha'pennies for a penny"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "watch the pennies"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wheat penny"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "worth every penny"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bg",
"2": "пени",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Bulgarian: пени (peni)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Bulgarian: пени (peni)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cs",
"2": "penny",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Czech: penny",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Czech: penny"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "penny",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Dutch: penny",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Dutch: penny"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "penny",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Finnish: penny",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Finnish: penny"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "penny",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ French: penny",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ French: penny"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Penny",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ German: Penny",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ German: Penny"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "he",
"2": "פֶּנִי",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "péni"
},
"expansion": "→ Hebrew: פֶּנִי (péni)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hebrew: פֶּנִי (péni)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hi",
"2": "पेनी",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hindi: पेनी (penī)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hindi: पेनी (penī)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hu",
"2": "penny",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hungarian: penny",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hungarian: penny"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "ペニー",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "penī"
},
"expansion": "→ Japanese: ペニー (penī)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Japanese: ペニー (penī)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ko",
"2": "페니",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Korean: 페니 (peni)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Korean: 페니 (peni)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mk",
"2": "пе́ни",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Macedonian: пе́ни (péni)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Macedonian: пе́ни (péni)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "peni",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Malay: peni",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Malay: peni"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mi",
"2": "pene",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Maori: pene",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Maori: pene"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mr",
"2": "पेनी",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Marathi: पेनी (penī)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Marathi: पेनी (penī)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nrf",
"2": "pénîn",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Norman: pénîn",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Norman: pénîn"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "-",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Norwegian:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Norwegian:"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "penny"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: penny",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Norwegian Bokmål: penny"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "penny"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk: penny",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Norwegian Nynorsk: penny"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "pêni",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: pêni",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Brazil"
},
"expansion": "(Brazil)",
"name": "q"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "péni"
},
"expansion": "péni",
"name": "l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Portugal"
},
"expansion": "(Portugal)",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: pêni (Brazil), péni (Portugal)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "пе́нни",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Russian: пе́нни (pénni)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Russian: пе́нни (pénni)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "peni",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Swahili: peni",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Swahili: peni"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "penny",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Swedish: penny",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Swedish: penny"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "th",
"2": "เพนนี",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "peen-nii"
},
"expansion": "→ Thai: เพนนี (peen-nii)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Thai: เพนนี (peen-nii)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tr",
"2": "peni",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Turkish: peni",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Turkish: peni"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ug",
"2": "پەنى",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Uyghur: پەنى (peni)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Uyghur: پەنى (peni)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "vo",
"2": "pänid",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Volapük: pänid",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Volapük: pänid"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "penny"
},
"expansion": "Middle English penny",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "peny"
},
"expansion": "peny",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "peniġ"
},
"expansion": "Old English peniġ",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "penniġ"
},
"expansion": "penniġ",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "penning",
"t": "penny"
},
"expansion": "penning (“penny”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*panning"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *panning",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*panningaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *panningaz",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "pfennig"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of pfennig",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English penny, peny, from Old English peniġ, penniġ, penning (“penny”), from Proto-West Germanic *panning, from Proto-Germanic *panningaz, of uncertain origin (see that page for theories). Doublet of pfennig.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "pennies",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "pence",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "pens",
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "+",
"2": "pence",
"3": "pens",
"pl3qual": "obsolete"
},
"expansion": "penny (plural pennies or pence or (obsolete) pens)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"pen‧ny"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "pence § Descendants"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "13 19 6 5 9 4 0 5 18 21",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 17 11 17 8 2 11 3 10 7",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Coins",
"orig": "en:Coins",
"parents": [
"Money",
"Business",
"Economics",
"Society",
"Social sciences",
"All topics",
"Sciences",
"Fundamental"
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
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"_dis": "20 23 10 18 5 1 8 1 7 6",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Currencies",
"orig": "en:Currencies",
"parents": [
"Currency",
"Money",
"Business",
"Economics",
"Society",
"Social sciences",
"All topics",
"Sciences",
"Fundamental"
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"source": "w+disamb"
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],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1950 March, H. A. Vallance, “On Foot Across the Forth Bridge”, in Railway Magazine, page 150",
"text": "We had not proceeded very far across the south cantilever when we saw a penny lying beside the track, and another a short distance further on. We were to find several more pennies, and some half-pennies, before we reached the north shore. Inspector Bell explained that many passengers try to throw a coin into the Forth, for \"good luck,\" while trains are crossing the bridge.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a unit of currency worth ¹⁄₂₄₀ of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: d."
],
"id": "en-penny-en-noun-~nADt8gI",
"links": [
[
"pound sterling",
"pound sterling"
],
[
"decimalisation",
"decimalisation"
],
[
"coin",
"coin"
],
[
"d",
"d"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(historical) In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a unit of currency worth ¹⁄₂₄₀ of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: d."
],
"tags": [
"historical"
]
},
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"categories": [
{
"_dis": "13 19 6 5 9 4 0 5 18 21",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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"source": "w+disamb"
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{
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"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To circumvent the tripping of an electrical circuit breaker by the dangerous practice of inserting a coin in place of a fuse in a fuse socket."
],
"id": "en-penny-en-verb-EwIGp-Xu",
"links": [
[
"electronics",
"electronics"
],
[
"tripping",
"trip"
],
[
"circuit breaker",
"circuit breaker"
],
[
"fuse",
"fuse"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(electronics) To circumvent the tripping of an electrical circuit breaker by the dangerous practice of inserting a coin in place of a fuse in a fuse socket."
],
"topics": [
"business",
"electrical-engineering",
"electricity",
"electromagnetism",
"electronics",
"energy",
"engineering",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"physics"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Universities",
"orig": "en:Universities",
"parents": [
"Schools",
"Buildings",
"Education",
"Buildings and structures",
"Society",
"Architecture",
"All topics",
"Applied sciences",
"Art",
"Fundamental",
"Sciences",
"Culture"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "13 19 6 5 9 4 0 5 18 21",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "You got pennied! Down it, fresher.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"During a meal or as part of a drinking game, to drop a penny in a person's drink with the expectation that they finish it (or some such variation thereof); commonly associated with crewdates at Oxford and swaps at Cambridge."
],
"id": "en-penny-en-verb-DuqS1emx",
"links": [
[
"slang",
"slang"
],
[
"meal",
"meal"
],
[
"drinking game",
"drinking game"
],
[
"finish",
"finish"
],
[
"crewdate",
"crewdate"
],
[
"swap",
"swap"
]
],
"qualifier": "Oxbridge slang",
"raw_glosses": [
"(Oxbridge slang) During a meal or as part of a drinking game, to drop a penny in a person's drink with the expectation that they finish it (or some such variation thereof); commonly associated with crewdates at Oxford and swaps at Cambridge."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈpɛni/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈpɪni/",
"tags": [
"pin-pen-merger"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pəni/",
"note": "In compounds like twopenny, dated"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛni"
},
{
"audio": "En-us-penny.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0b/En-us-penny.ogg/En-us-penny.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/En-us-penny.ogg",
"tags": [
"General-American"
],
"text": "Audio (GA)"
}
],
"word": "penny"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 2-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English doublets",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English nouns with irregular plurals",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Requests for review of Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
"Rhymes:English/ɛni",
"Rhymes:English/ɛni/2 syllables",
"en:Coins",
"en:Currencies"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "a bad penny always comes back"
},
{
"word": "a bad penny always turns up"
},
{
"word": "a penny saved is a penny earned"
},
{
"word": "a penny saved is a penny gained"
},
{
"word": "a pound to a penny"
},
{
"word": "bad penny"
},
{
"word": "bright as a new penny"
},
{
"word": "clean as a new penny"
},
{
"word": "eight penny nail"
},
{
"word": "eightpenny nail"
},
{
"word": "eight-penny nail"
},
{
"word": "fourpenny nail"
},
{
"word": "four-penny nail"
},
{
"word": "four penny nail"
},
{
"word": "get-penny"
},
{
"word": "God's penny"
},
{
"word": "hearth-penny"
},
{
"word": "in for a penny, in for a pound"
},
{
"word": "jam penny"
},
{
"word": "luck penny"
},
{
"word": "pence"
},
{
"word": "penniless"
},
{
"word": "penny-a-line"
},
{
"word": "penny-a-liner"
},
{
"word": "penny-ante"
},
{
"word": "penny ante"
},
{
"word": "penny arcade"
},
{
"word": "penny bank"
},
{
"word": "Penny Black"
},
{
"word": "penny bun"
},
{
"word": "penny candy"
},
{
"word": "penny chew"
},
{
"word": "penny dog"
},
{
"word": "penny dreadful"
},
{
"word": "penny-dreadfulish"
},
{
"word": "penny-dreadfulism"
},
{
"word": "penny fall"
},
{
"word": "penny-farthing"
},
{
"word": "penny farthing"
},
{
"word": "penny-father"
},
{
"word": "penny for one's thoughts"
},
{
"word": "penny for them"
},
{
"word": "penny for your thoughts"
},
{
"word": "penny-gaff"
},
{
"word": "penny gaff"
},
{
"word": "penny gaffe"
},
{
"word": "penny grass"
},
{
"word": "penny-grass"
},
{
"word": "penny in the fusebox"
},
{
"word": "penny loafer"
},
{
"word": "penny mail"
},
{
"word": "penny packet"
},
{
"word": "penny-pinch"
},
{
"word": "penny-pincher"
},
{
"word": "penny pincher"
},
{
"word": "penny-pinching"
},
{
"word": "penny post"
},
{
"word": "penny pusher"
},
{
"word": "penny starver"
},
{
"word": "penny sterling"
},
{
"word": "penny stock"
},
{
"word": "penny sweet"
},
{
"word": "penny tray"
},
{
"word": "penny university"
},
{
"word": "penny wedding"
},
{
"word": "penny-wedding"
},
{
"word": "penny weed"
},
{
"word": "penny whip"
},
{
"word": "penny whistle"
},
{
"word": "penny wisdom"
},
{
"word": "penny-wise"
},
{
"word": "penny wise and pound foolish"
},
{
"word": "penny-wise and pound-foolish"
},
{
"word": "pennywort"
},
{
"word": "Peter's penny"
},
{
"word": "pitchpenny"
},
{
"word": "pretty penny"
},
{
"word": "push-penny"
},
{
"word": "Rome-penny"
},
{
"word": "scrape-penny"
},
{
"word": "six penny nail"
},
{
"word": "sixpenny nail"
},
{
"word": "six-penny nail"
},
{
"word": "sixteen penny nail"
},
{
"word": "sixteen-penny nail"
},
{
"word": "spear penny"
},
{
"word": "spear-penny"
},
{
"word": "spend a penny"
},
{
"word": "swarf-penny"
},
{
"word": "ten a penny"
},
{
"word": "ten-penny nail"
},
{
"word": "ten penny nail"
},
{
"word": "tenpenny nail"
},
{
"word": "the bad penny always comes back"
},
{
"word": "the bad penny always turns up"
},
{
"word": "the penny drops"
},
{
"word": "third penny"
},
{
"word": "tin penny"
},
{
"word": "toffee penny"
},
{
"word": "true-penny"
},
{
"word": "turn an honest penny"
},
{
"word": "twelve penny nail"
},
{
"word": "twelve-penny nail"
},
{
"word": "two a penny"
},
{
"word": "two ha'pennies for a penny"
},
{
"word": "watch the pennies"
},
{
"word": "wheat penny"
},
{
"word": "worth every penny"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bg",
"2": "пени",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Bulgarian: пени (peni)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Bulgarian: пени (peni)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cs",
"2": "penny",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Czech: penny",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Czech: penny"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "penny",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Dutch: penny",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Dutch: penny"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "penny",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Finnish: penny",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Finnish: penny"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "penny",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ French: penny",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ French: penny"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Penny",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ German: Penny",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ German: Penny"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "he",
"2": "פֶּנִי",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "péni"
},
"expansion": "→ Hebrew: פֶּנִי (péni)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hebrew: פֶּנִי (péni)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hi",
"2": "पेनी",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hindi: पेनी (penī)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hindi: पेनी (penī)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hu",
"2": "penny",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hungarian: penny",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hungarian: penny"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "ペニー",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "penī"
},
"expansion": "→ Japanese: ペニー (penī)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Japanese: ペニー (penī)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ko",
"2": "페니",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Korean: 페니 (peni)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Korean: 페니 (peni)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mk",
"2": "пе́ни",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Macedonian: пе́ни (péni)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Macedonian: пе́ни (péni)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "peni",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Malay: peni",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Malay: peni"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mi",
"2": "pene",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Maori: pene",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Maori: pene"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mr",
"2": "पेनी",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Marathi: पेनी (penī)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Marathi: पेनी (penī)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nrf",
"2": "pénîn",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Norman: pénîn",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Norman: pénîn"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "-",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Norwegian:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Norwegian:"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "penny"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: penny",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Norwegian Bokmål: penny"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "penny"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk: penny",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Norwegian Nynorsk: penny"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "pêni",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: pêni",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Brazil"
},
"expansion": "(Brazil)",
"name": "q"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "péni"
},
"expansion": "péni",
"name": "l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Portugal"
},
"expansion": "(Portugal)",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: pêni (Brazil), péni (Portugal)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "пе́нни",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Russian: пе́нни (pénni)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Russian: пе́нни (pénni)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "peni",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Swahili: peni",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Swahili: peni"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "penny",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Swedish: penny",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Swedish: penny"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "th",
"2": "เพนนี",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "peen-nii"
},
"expansion": "→ Thai: เพนนี (peen-nii)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Thai: เพนนี (peen-nii)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tr",
"2": "peni",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Turkish: peni",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Turkish: peni"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ug",
"2": "پەنى",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Uyghur: پەنى (peni)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Uyghur: پەنى (peni)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "vo",
"2": "pänid",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Volapük: pänid",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Volapük: pänid"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "penny"
},
"expansion": "Middle English penny",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "peny"
},
"expansion": "peny",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "peniġ"
},
"expansion": "Old English peniġ",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "penniġ"
},
"expansion": "penniġ",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "penning",
"t": "penny"
},
"expansion": "penning (“penny”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*panning"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *panning",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*panningaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *panningaz",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "pfennig"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of pfennig",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English penny, peny, from Old English peniġ, penniġ, penning (“penny”), from Proto-West Germanic *panning, from Proto-Germanic *panningaz, of uncertain origin (see that page for theories). Doublet of pfennig.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "pennies",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "pence",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "pens",
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "+",
"2": "pence",
"3": "pens",
"pl3qual": "obsolete"
},
"expansion": "penny (plural pennies or pence or (obsolete) pens)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"pen‧ny"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "pence § Descendants"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with historical senses",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1950 March, H. A. Vallance, “On Foot Across the Forth Bridge”, in Railway Magazine, page 150",
"text": "We had not proceeded very far across the south cantilever when we saw a penny lying beside the track, and another a short distance further on. We were to find several more pennies, and some half-pennies, before we reached the north shore. Inspector Bell explained that many passengers try to throw a coin into the Forth, for \"good luck,\" while trains are crossing the bridge.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a unit of currency worth ¹⁄₂₄₀ of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: d."
],
"links": [
[
"pound sterling",
"pound sterling"
],
[
"decimalisation",
"decimalisation"
],
[
"coin",
"coin"
],
[
"d",
"d"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(historical) In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a unit of currency worth ¹⁄₂₄₀ of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: d."
],
"tags": [
"historical"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"In the United Kingdom, a unit of currency worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a pound sterling, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: p."
],
"links": [
[
"coin",
"coin"
],
[
"p",
"p"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with historical senses"
],
"glosses": [
"In Ireland, a coin worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of an Irish pound before the introduction of the euro. Abbreviation: p."
],
"links": [
[
"euro",
"euro"
],
[
"p",
"p"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(historical) In Ireland, a coin worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of an Irish pound before the introduction of the euro. Abbreviation: p."
],
"tags": [
"historical"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2015 November 22, “Pennies”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 35, John Oliver (actor), via HBO",
"text": "Holy shit! A hundred and eleven pennies! At that point, that dog had more Lincoln in him than Mary Todd.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"In the US and (formerly) Canada, a one-cent coin, worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a dollar. Abbreviation: ¢."
],
"links": [
[
"cent",
"cent"
],
[
"dollar",
"dollar"
],
[
"¢",
"¢"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"In various countries, a small-denomination copper or brass coin."
],
"links": [
[
"small",
"small"
],
[
"denomination",
"denomination"
],
[
"copper",
"copper"
],
[
"brass",
"brass"
],
[
"coin",
"coin"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A unit of nail size, said to be either the cost per 100 nails, or the number of nails per penny. Abbreviation: d."
],
"links": [
[
"nail",
"nail"
],
[
"d",
"d"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
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{
"text": "to turn an honest penny",
"type": "example"
}
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"Money in general."
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}
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"ipa": "/ˈpɪni/",
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"word": "old penny"
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"sense": "new penny (old-fashioned)",
"word": "1⁄100 of a pound sterling"
},
{
"sense": "one-cent coin or its value",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "peni",
"sense": "1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "penny"
},
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "penī",
"sense": "1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "पेनी"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pingin"
},
{
"code": "luy",
"lang": "Luhya",
"sense": "1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound",
"word": "litong'olo"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "péni",
"sense": "1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пе́ни"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound",
"word": "peni"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "penī",
"sense": "1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound",
"word": "पेनी"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pénîn"
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "penny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pêni"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pénni",
"sense": "1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пе́нни"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pens",
"sense": "1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пенс"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "penique"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound",
"word": "peni"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound",
"word": "pänid"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound",
"word": "ceiniog"
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{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "bins",
"sense": "1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "بِنْس"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "peni",
"sense": "1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "пени"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "biànshì",
"sense": "1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound",
"word": "便士"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound",
"word": "cent"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound",
"word": "penny"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "penny"
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound",
"word": "penco"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound",
"word": "penny"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "penny"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Penny"
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{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "péni",
"sense": "1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound",
"word": "פֶּנִי"
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "penī",
"sense": "1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound",
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"feminine"
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{
"code": "hi",
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"roman": "pens",
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"feminine",
"plural"
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"word": "पेन्स"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound",
"word": "penny"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
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},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "pingneacha"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound",
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"feminine",
"plural"
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{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "penī",
"sense": "1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound",
"word": "ペニー"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "peni",
"sense": "1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound",
"word": "페니"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "péni",
"sense": "1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "пе́ни"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound",
"word": "peni"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound",
"word": "kapa"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound",
"word": "pene"
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{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "penī",
"sense": "1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound",
"word": "पेनी"
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{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "pensa",
"sense": "1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound",
"word": "पेन्स"
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"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "penny"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "pêni (B)"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound",
"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pénni",
"sense": "1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "пе́нни"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pens",
"sense": "1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пенс"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sgillinn"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "penique"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound",
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"common-gender"
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{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "peen-nii",
"sense": "1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound",
"word": "เพนนี"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound",
"word": "peni"
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"code": "ug",
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"roman": "peni",
"sense": "1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound",
"word": "پەنى"
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{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "pens",
"sense": "1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound",
"word": "پەنس"
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{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound",
"word": "pänid"
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound",
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"text": "Zach and Ben had only been at college for a week when their door was pennied by the girls down the hall."
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"(electronics) To circumvent the tripping of an electrical circuit breaker by the dangerous practice of inserting a coin in place of a fuse in a fuse socket."
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"electromagnetism",
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"text": "You got pennied! Down it, fresher.",
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