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单词 a bonny penny
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a bonny penny
b. a bonny penny: a considerable sum of money; a significant cost. Cf. a pretty penny at penny n. Phrases 1c.
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1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel III. xii. 250 This will cost you a bonnie penny, this wedding-dinner?
1886 St. Louis (Missouri) Globe-Democrat 2 Feb. 12/1 They will have to pay a bonny penny for them soon!
1928 N. Shepherd Quarry Wood vii A bonny penny she'll be for books.
1946 Robesonian (Lumberton, N. Carolina) 29 May (advt.) 3/2 Buy the best of any to save a bonny penny!
1999 Evening Chron. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 21 July 23 The practice of flying around the globe in Concorde, which must have cost the tax payer a bonny penny.
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