¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pennied
1. wealthy to the extent of at least a penny [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pennied
Literary usage of Pennied
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Short History of English Literature by George Saintsbury (1898)
"... and which describes the woes of a penniless (or one-pennied) man in Westminster
Hall and in London shops and streets — there is naturally much more ..."
2. A Short History of English Literature by George Saintsbury (1898)
"... and which describes the woes of a penniless (or one-pennied) man in Westminster
Hall and in London shops and streets — there is naturally much more ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1821)
"... But spies the " pennied" purchaser at once, And kindly bids the ruffled " Imp"
advance. The Aunt-imparted penny, Jessie's all, Has led her early to a ..."
4. Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, in the Olden Time: In the Olden by John Fanning Watson (1857)
"... From the old and the young—from the poorest, and there The one-pennied boy
has a penny to spare!— His station is there—and he works on the crowd, ..."
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