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  • At risk of incurring the wrath of penni though, I do get quite annoyed by children in restaurants but only when their parents let them run around screaming and yelling over the top of everyone's conversations.

    Ephebiphobia lili 2007

  • Conga rats, Maus, awn yur nawt seccundz, may ai puh layx teh penni wistle fur ya, wit teh danz?

    Pirate cat - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • I did find a product called Bi-Aglut spaghetti and penni..but they are not shipping to the U.S. anymore....

    My Evolving Top Ten: Gluten-Free Products 2005

  • Fourteen penni the kilometre (or about twopence halfpenny a mile) is the ordinary charge for a horse and trap, a room and a bed are sixty penni, an ordinary meal sixty, coffee ten, and so on; so that the prices are not ruinous.

    Through Finland in Carts

  • In the country they are generally given food in payment, but in towns from twenty-five penni to a mark for the time occupied.

    Through Finland in Carts

  • Finnish character is slow and does not rush into speech; but a friendly pat on one grandchild's head, and a five-penni piece to the other, made our hostess quite chirpy.

    Through Finland in Carts

  • The word used in l. 94 is "penningin," from "penni," a word common to most Teutonic and Northern languages.

    Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes Elias L��nnrot 1843

  • Robin the Devil, his two penni-worth of Wit in half a penni-worth of paper, &c., 1607, 4to.

    Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1811

  • Bring me the man that a better knows how to lay-out his pound or his penni than myself; that is, always a savin and exceptin your noble onnur, as in rite and duty boundin.

    Anna St. Ives Thomas Holcroft 1777

  • 4: 38 PM lili said ... emmaco: next time you're in melbourne i'll give you a tour. penni: you have foiled my dastardly plan of sublime procrastination by crochet! shae: thanks!

    A Week in the Life of a Lili lili 2007

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