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the penny drops

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  • oroboros commented on the word the penny drops

    The "Ah ha!!" experience. Related to, say, putting a coin in a jukebox then waiting thru the delay enforced by the mechanism for its authentication, before allowing it to drop into the coinbox, thereby initiating your selected tune. This was sometimes a chancy process, and the success of the penny's drop a welcome release from the tiny tenterhooks or aural anticipation.

    February 8, 2007