pennorth

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Derived terms

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• penn'orth

[edit] Noun

pennorth (plural pennorths)

1. (obsolete, British) A penny's worth, or an amount of anything one could buy for a penny. The term was used proverbially through the 19th century to refer to "a very small, or the least, amount." It was often contracted as penn'orth.

[edit] Derived terms

• two penn’orth, twopenn’orth, two pennorth