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"ref": "1994, Humphrey Drummond, chapter 7, in Nazi Gold: the Search for the Party Treasure, London: The Historical Press Ltd, page 79",
"text": "\"Rather a spenny little bundle, I'm afraid,\" he thought, \"but strictly expense account stuff. […]\"",
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"ref": "1999 May 25, Matt Schofield, “liberate the gear freak...”, in uk.rec.climbing (Usenet)",
"text": "My mate Nick's got a Wild Country Voyager that was pretty spenny and obviously high performance but small (having said that he only paid 80 quid for it from outside cos it'd been a demo at a show).",
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{
"ref": "2000 July 5, tom8...@my-deja.com, “mid-budget archtop jazz choice ?”, in uk.music.guitar (Usenet)",
"text": "Ibanez will probably be too spenny unless you find one secondhand with an owner who doesn't appreciate its real value.",
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{
"ref": "2003 May 30, Flora, “Mike's topical tip No 2”, in uk.food+drink.misc (Usenet)",
"text": "Why bother with spenny cans of aspartame/sugar filled muck, when a bottle of water and a few caffeine tabs will do the job instead, hmmmmmm? Just my pen'north.",
"type": "quotation"
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"ref": "2009, Samantha Scott-Jeffries, “Heels on Wheels” (chapter 6), in I Do, I Do, I Do, London: Little Black Dress, page 98",
"text": "Darling Ray, ¶ Having narrowly escaped being consumed by flesh-eating maggots (spawned by the world of television, rather than the dead-body-munching kind), I’ve fled to Majorca (spa was too spenny). I’m here working as a wedding planner. Please stop laughing!!!",
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"ref": "2017, Tony Williams, chapter 4, in Nutcase, London: Salt Publishing Limited, page 15",
"text": "Davey would buy these spenny glass jars of food for the baby, but Aidan was lucky if he got chips and scraps.",
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"ref": "2023 March 6, Natasha Harding, “I've found the perfect 'going out' top, and it's from H&M”, in Cosmopolitan UK, London: Hearst Magazines UK, →ISSN, archived from the original on 2023-07-04",
"text": "A good 'going out top' will see you through many seasons to come. It is arguably the most important half of the classic 'jeans and a nice top' outfit combo. But finding these miracle tops is easier said than done. They can often be quite spenny or, depending on the neckline, impossible to find a bra to wear underneath.",
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"ref": "1994, Humphrey Drummond, chapter 7, in Nazi Gold: the Search for the Party Treasure, London: The Historical Press Ltd, page 79",
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},
{
"ref": "1999 May 25, Matt Schofield, “liberate the gear freak...”, in uk.rec.climbing (Usenet)",
"text": "My mate Nick's got a Wild Country Voyager that was pretty spenny and obviously high performance but small (having said that he only paid 80 quid for it from outside cos it'd been a demo at a show).",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2000 July 5, tom8...@my-deja.com, “mid-budget archtop jazz choice ?”, in uk.music.guitar (Usenet)",
"text": "Ibanez will probably be too spenny unless you find one secondhand with an owner who doesn't appreciate its real value.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2003 May 30, Flora, “Mike's topical tip No 2”, in uk.food+drink.misc (Usenet)",
"text": "Why bother with spenny cans of aspartame/sugar filled muck, when a bottle of water and a few caffeine tabs will do the job instead, hmmmmmm? Just my pen'north.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2009, Samantha Scott-Jeffries, “Heels on Wheels” (chapter 6), in I Do, I Do, I Do, London: Little Black Dress, page 98",
"text": "Darling Ray, ¶ Having narrowly escaped being consumed by flesh-eating maggots (spawned by the world of television, rather than the dead-body-munching kind), I’ve fled to Majorca (spa was too spenny). I’m here working as a wedding planner. Please stop laughing!!!",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2017, Tony Williams, chapter 4, in Nutcase, London: Salt Publishing Limited, page 15",
"text": "Davey would buy these spenny glass jars of food for the baby, but Aidan was lucky if he got chips and scraps.",
"type": "quotation"
},
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"ref": "2023 March 6, Natasha Harding, “I've found the perfect 'going out' top, and it's from H&M”, in Cosmopolitan UK, London: Hearst Magazines UK, →ISSN, archived from the original on 2023-07-04",
"text": "A good 'going out top' will see you through many seasons to come. It is arguably the most important half of the classic 'jeans and a nice top' outfit combo. But finding these miracle tops is easier said than done. They can often be quite spenny or, depending on the neckline, impossible to find a bra to wear underneath.",
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"(UK, informal) Expensive."
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