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单词 pennied
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penniedadj.

Brit. /ˈpɛnɪd/, U.S. /ˈpɛnid/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: penny n., -ed suffix2.
Etymology: < penny n. + -ed suffix2. Compare slightly earlier unpennied adj.
Now rare.
In possession of a penny; having or consisting of (a specified number of) pennies. Also as the second element in compounds, as one-pennied, etc.
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society > trade and finance > money > funds or pecuniary resources > [adjective]
moneyed1457
pursed1602
flush1603
ready-moneyed1688
pennied1806
1806 W. Wordsworth Power of Music vii The one-pennied Boy has his penny to spare.
1874 A. Trollope Phineas Redux II. xviii. 141 He might in that office act as a quasi House of Commons deputy..in carrying out his great scheme of a five-farthinged penny and a ten-pennied shilling.
1901 Westm. Gaz. 4 July 2/3 While you dispensed the fragile chocolate To pennied youngsters.
1996 J. B. Keane in Irish Times (Nexis) 4 Apr. 13 His waistcoat I remember. Tobacco perfumed parallelogram Of pennied pockets.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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