A penny which is debased or counterfeit (see bad, adj. 1c). In later use chiefly in the proverb a bad penny always returns (also turns up), and…
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| 释义 | society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > false coin > [noun] > a false coin (11) bad pennyc1400 A penny which is debased or counterfeit (see bad, adj. 1c). In later use chiefly in the proverb a bad penny always returns (also turns up), and… countera1529 An imitation coin of brass or inferior metal; a token used to represent real coin; hence often rhetorically contrasted with real coins, as being… slip1592 A counterfeit coin. black dog1665 slang. Any of various base-metal coins of low value, spec. †(a) a counterfeit English silver coin (obsolete); (b) a coin of French origin, made of… swimmer1699 slang. (See quots.) Obsolete. Brummagem1838 Originally: a counterfeit coin. In later use more generally: anything which is not genuine; a fake, a counterfeit. Cf. sense A. 1. sinker1839 slang. A base or counterfeit coin. Also: a shilling; (U.S.) a silver dollar. Now rare. smasher1851 A counterfeit coin. rare. wrong 'un1899 A counterfeit coin. wooden nickel1927 a worthless or counterfeit coin; chiefly in figurative phrase to take a wooden nickel and variants, to be swindled or fooled. wrongo1937 A bad, dishonest, or untrustworthy person; a ‘wrong 'un’. Also, a counterfeit coin. |
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