Australian English Meaning of pennyweight
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pennyweight (n)
a unit of apothecary weight equal to 24 grains
pennyweight (n.)
A troy weight containing twenty-four grains, or the twentieth part of an ounce; as, a pennyweight of gold or of arsenic. It was anciently the weight of a silver penny, whence the name.
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pennyweight
a unit of apothecary weight equal to 24 grainsA troy weight containing twenty-four grains, or the twentieth part of an ounce; as, a pennyweight of gold or of ar
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pennyroyal oil => Pennyroyal oil, pennyroyal => pennyroyal, penny-pinching => tight-fisted, penny-pinch => stingy, pennycress => pennycress,
