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- penny for your thoughts, a
penny for your thoughts, a
penny for your thoughts, a
What are you thinking about? For example, You've been awfully quiet-a penny for your thoughts. This expression dates from the 1500s and was in John Heywood's 1546 collection of proverbs.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Sarai | | SER-ie (English) | Biblical, Biblical Hebrew |
Ball | | [bɔ:l] | |
Hezekiah | | hez-ə-KIE-ə (English) | Biblical |
Abhay | | - | Indian, Hindi, Marathi |
Mckenzie | | mə-KEN-zee | English (Modern) |
Moon | | [mu:n] | |