penceless
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English
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]penceless (not comparable)
- penniless; entirely lacking money
- 1858, William Bownas, Arundines Bostonienses, page 85:
- When calls are made on cashless penceless men,
The case is wonderfully altered then!
- 2010, G. M. Malliet, Death of a Cozy Writer, page 204:
- Then, one day, said penceless writer is invited to a house party in Scotland by someone he's met at one of this lady's salons.