单词 | pennied |
释义 | penniedadj. 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.1806 |
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