pennyworth

Etymology

From penny + worth.

noun

  1. The amount that can be bought for a penny.
    She was learned in decocting all kinds of herb-tea, infallible in curing burns, sprains, and scalds ; and not a few pennyworths of gingerbread and paradise (for the latter she was very famous) went among her young customers, for which the till was never the richer. 1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Knife, page 127
  2. A small quantity or value.
  3. (dated) A good bargain.

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