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Meaning of get-penny | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Something that makes money; a financially successful affair.

colloquial, dated

Examples

“thou and thy acts become⟳ the posies for hospitals; when thy name⟳ shall be written upon conduits, and thy deeds played i' thy lifetime by the best companies of actors, and be called their get-penny.”
“if a pack⟳ of hackney scribblers shall attack me only by way of a get-penny, I shall not be provoked to answer⟳ them”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

get-rich-quicker get-there-ativeness get-there-itis get-together get-up get-up-and-go

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