(UK, law, obsolete) A third part of the profits of fines and penalties imposed at the country court, which was among the perquisites enjoyed by the earl.

Alternative form of truepenny

Resembling or characteristic of a penny dreadful.

Alternative form of spear penny

(historical, law) A fine under medieval Welsh law levied on related male landowners when the immediate kin of a murderer proved incapable of paying galanas

plural of penny packet

A small number of things or people; a small group.

Paltry, insignificant.

(obsolete) plural of halfpenny.

A small sum given back for luck to one who pays money. / A coin carried for luck.