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Meaning Of Penny
a.
Denoting pound weight for one thousand; -- used in
combination, with respect to nails; as, tenpenny nails, nails of which
one thousand weight ten pounds.
n.
An English coin, formerly of copper, now of bronze, the
twelfth part of an English shilling in account value, and equal to four
farthings, or about two cents; -- usually indicated by the abbreviation
d. (the initial of denarius).