PENNY
/pəni/
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P(3) E(1) N(1) N(1) Y(4)
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Definition
/pəni/
noun
- In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a copper coin worth 1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation. Abbreviation: d.
- In the United Kingdom, a copper coin worth 1/100 of a pound sterling. Abbreviation: p.
- In Ireland, a coin worth 1/100 of an Irish pound before the introduction of the euro. Abbreviation: p.
verb
- To jam a door shut by inserting pennies between the doorframe and the door.“Zach and Ben had only been at college for a week when their door was pennied by the girls down the hall.”
- To circumvent the tripping of an electrical circuit breaker by the dangerous practice of inserting a coin in place of a fuse in a fuse socket.
Source: Wiktionary
