truepenny

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Art thou there, truepenny?

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  1. noun An honest, trustworthy person.

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  • Art thou there, truepenny? —  Ulysses
  • Ha, ha boy! say'st thou so? art thou there, truepenny? —  Hamlet
  • When Hamlet, in the scene on the midnight terrace, addresses the ghost as "old mole," "old truepenny," etc., we may be sure that he is in a frenzy of excitement and apprehension. —  Emerson and Other Essays
 

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