Truepenny - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈtruːˌpeniː|  American pronunciation of the word truepenny
Brit.  |ˈtruːˌpenɪ|

noun

- 1820, Sir Walter Scott, The Monastery, ch. 14:
"Ha!" said Christie, "art thou there, old Truepenny? here, stable me these steeds, and see them well bedded."
- 1870, Wilkie Collins, Man and Wife, ch. 25:
"Duncan! you are, what I call, a clear-minded man. Well worth thinking of, old Truepenny!"
- 1916, Sherwood Anderson, Windy McPherson's Son, ch. 3:
"Hear me, Father Almighty. . . . Are you there, old Truepenny?"
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