Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The root-leaves of Cotyledon Umbilicus. See
pennywort . - noun The round-leafed plant Sibthorpia Europæa.
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Examples
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He was to have been back in two or three hours, but the laddie, with the box on his shoulder, was going through the street crying "Hot penny-pies" for supper, and neither word nor wittens of him.
The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith David Macbeth Moir 1824
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He was to have been back in two or three hours, but the laddie, with the box on his shoulder, was going through the street crying "Hot penny-pies" for supper, and neither word nor wittens of him.
The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself David Macbeth Moir 1824
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