单词 | alms penny |
释义 | > as lemmasalms penny alms penny n. now historical a penny given as or by way of alms.In quot. c1155 denoting a kind of rent or tax; compare alms fee n., plough-alms n. ΚΠ c1155 ( Bounds (Sawyer 1555) in S. E. Kelly Charters of Bath & Wells (2007) 147 Ofer eall þæt land gebyrað at gyrde xii pæneg' & iiii ælmespeneg'. 1595 G. Peele Old Wiues Tale sig. B2 Father, here is an Almes pennie for mee. 1683 J. Barnard Theologo-historicus 275 Besides the Cure of their bodily infirmities; its probable he gave them an Alms-peny. 1892 W. C. Hazlitt Tales & Legends (1899) 384 Seeing he had gotten his land so good cheap, he would not even an alms-penny afford unto him in his necessity. 1995 M. Shell Art & Money iii. 60 A few monetary tokens are given as beggars' tokens or alms pennies. < as lemmas |
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