| 单词 | penny number |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspenny number penny number n. (a) a cheap periodical (now rare); (b) (colloquial) (in plural) insignificant quantities. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > plurality > fewness > [noun] > few, not many whonc950 liteOE fewOE wheenc1400 penny number1845 the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > a trifling amount dribbling1661 trifle1722 dab1729 dribc1730 smatters1766 penny number1845 diddly1964 1845 D. Boucicault Old Heads & Young Hearts v. 55 Fancy my follies published in penny numbers, with illustrations. 1901 G. B. Shaw Capt. Brassbound's Conversion iii, in Three Plays for Puritans 297 He got his romantic nonsense out of his penny numbers. 2003 Building Design (Nexis) 16 May 8 The cases are in penny numbers..and the even tinier numbers of convictions are usually for pedestrian blunders rather than anything major. < as lemmas |
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