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luck penny en · NOUN
Meanings
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(archaic) A small sum of money given back for luck when paying.
I mean, had he not luckily exposed his legacy to jeopardy, having offered it as bounty-money and luckpenny to the patron
c. 1827, Thomas Carlyle (translator), originally byJean Paul Friedrich Richter, The Campaner thal, and other writings, Life of Quintus Fixlein:
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A coin carried or given for luck.
'A kind harvest to you, John Dolan,' cried the postillion, 'and success to ye, Winny, with the quality. There's a luck-penny for the child to begin with,' added he, throwing the child a penny.
1812, Maria Edgeworth, The Absentee, Chapter X:
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Relateds
strike me lucky · luck money
Synonyms
God's penny