penny-piece

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The Virginians 2006

‘Not a penny-piece in the world that I can call my own.’

The Belton Estate 2004

The table then spoke of Mount Melleray, how bracing the air was down there, how hospitable the monks were and how they never asked for a penny-piece from their guests.

Dubliners 2003

No shred of valid evidence has been or could be brought forward by anyone to establish that a single penny-piece has been spent outside the terms of reference of the Fund which are, without question, humanitarian.

1. The Work of IDAF 1965

There was, however, no sign nor mention of money or jewellery: not a penny-piece or a glass bead was given away.

The Fellowship of the Ring Tolkien, J. R. R. 1965

There was, however, no sign nor mention of money or jewellery: not a penny-piece or a glass bead was given away.

The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954

"Well, if the half of it's true," says the lady, "the first news should come to me is that I'm a widow; for 'tis impossible it should happen as you say with a husband that hasn't one penny-piece to rattle on a tombstone."

The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty

Left alone in the world, with scarce a penny-piece to call their own, the daughters resolved on a daring departure from the conventional paths of poverty.

The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore

She hoards every penny-piece, and then gloats over her money-box, by the firelight, when the rest of the camp is asleep.

Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies The Missing Pearl Necklace Alice B. Emerson

Sometimes I have noticed rosettes, about the size of a penny-piece, all one colour -- creamy-white -- which, when cut from the plant, very much resembled a carnation.

Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. John Wood