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Meaning of penge | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
pɛnd͡ʒ

Definitions

  1. A suburb in the borough of Bromley, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3570).
  2. (typically penge flaw or penge error) a printing flaw on early Australian stamps where the c in pence appeared like the letter g.

Examples

“The ‘PENGE’ flaw which is caused by a white defect on letter ‘C’ of PENCE giving the effect of a ‘G’. This is at # 116 on Plate I.”

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