a fivepenny tax. A five-penny nail is 1¾ inches long, and it is so called because originally the nails cost fivepence per hundred.
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five — five; five·ling; five·pence; five·pen·ny; five·some; five·fold; … English syllables
Pen — Pen, n. [OE. penne, OF. penne, pene, F. penne, fr. L. penna.] 1. A feather. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. A wing. [Obs.] Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. An instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of a reed, or of the quill of a goose or … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pen and ink — Pen Pen, n. [OE. penne, OF. penne, pene, F. penne, fr. L. penna.] 1. A feather. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. A wing. [Obs.] Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. An instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of a reed, or of the quill of a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pen feather — Pen Pen, n. [OE. penne, OF. penne, pene, F. penne, fr. L. penna.] 1. A feather. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. A wing. [Obs.] Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. An instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of a reed, or of the quill of a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pen name — Pen Pen, n. [OE. penne, OF. penne, pene, F. penne, fr. L. penna.] 1. A feather. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. A wing. [Obs.] Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. An instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of a reed, or of the quill of a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pen-and-ink — Pen Pen, n. [OE. penne, OF. penne, pene, F. penne, fr. L. penna.] 1. A feather. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. A wing. [Obs.] Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. An instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of a reed, or of the quill of a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pen Lucy, Baltimore — Pen Lucy is a small community in northeast Baltimore, Maryland and part of the development of York Road, a historic Baltimore route to Pennsylvania. The Pen Lucy neighborhood is predominately African American and features many different housing… … Wikipedia
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Pen|ta|gon — «PEHN tuh gon», noun. a plane figure having five angles and five sides. ╂[< Late Latin pentagōnum < Greek pentágōnon (literally) neuter of pentágōnos five angled < pénte five + gōníā angle] Pen|ta|gon «PEHN tuh gon», noun. 1. a five… … Useful english dictionary
