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On the first turn, they moved two pennies across the finish line – Zelda, having rolled a two, was only able to move two pennies of her four-penny inventory.
VELOCITY DEE JACOB 2010
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On the first turn, they moved two pennies across the finish line – Zelda, having rolled a two, was only able to move two pennies of her four-penny inventory.
VELOCITY DEE JACOB 2010
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On the first turn, they moved two pennies across the finish line – Zelda, having rolled a two, was only able to move two pennies of her four-penny inventory.
VELOCITY DEE JACOB 2010
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On the first turn, they moved two pennies across the finish line – Zelda, having rolled a two, was only able to move two pennies of her four-penny inventory.
VELOCITY DEE JACOB 2010
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This was a tax on every person in the kingdom, male and female, above the age of fourteen, of three groats (or three four-penny pieces) a year; clergymen were charged more, and only beggars were exempt.
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As the protests showed no signs of wilting, the government eventually scrapped its proposal for a one-penny increase on the four-penny fares.
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She was sent out on yet another errand in the cold, and she found a four-penny piece in the snow.
sheepdip Diary Entry sheepdip 2001
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"What about a four-penny knee trembler t" share wiv a comfy lady?
Ripping Time Asprin, Robert 2000
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And if I hadn't any money, I'd just have to give him a four-penny knee-trembler, for free.
Ripping Time Asprin, Robert 2000
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A Joey is the flash term for a four-penny piece, or eight cents of our money, and is so called because these silver coins, somewhat larger than a half-dime, are said to owe their origin to
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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