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penny

n. a police officer. (A play on copper. See the note at copper.) The penny over on the corner told the boys to get moving.

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• (one's) two pennies (worth)
• a bad penny
• a bad penny always turns up
• A penny for your thoughts
• A penny saved is a penny earned
• a penny saved is a penny gained
• bad penny
• bad penny always turns up
• be not short of a penny (or two)
• be penny-wise and pound-foolish
• be ten a penny
• be two a penny
• cost a pretty penny
• cut off without a penny
• give (one's) two pennies (worth)
• have two pennies to rub together
• I felt like a penny waiting for change
• In for a penny
• in for a penny, in for a pound
• mean enough to steal a penny off a dead man's eyes
• not have a penny to (one's) name
• pennies from heaven
• penny
• penny ante
• penny dreadful
• penny for your thoughts
• penny for your thoughts, a
• penny pincher
• penny saved is a penny earned
• penny saved is a penny earned, a
• penny wise and pound foolish
• penny-ante
• penny-pincher
• penny-wise and pound-foolish
• pinch pennies
• pretty penny
• pretty penny, a
• put in (one's) two pennies (worth)
• spend a penny
• take care of the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves
• take care of the pennies, and the pounds will take care of themselves
• ten a penny
• the penny drops
• turn an honest penny
• turn up
• turn up like a bad penny
• two a penny
• worth every penny