Dutch Meaning of pennyweight

pennyweight

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Definitions and Meaning of pennyweight in English

Wordnet

pennyweight (n)

a unit of apothecary weight equal to 24 grains

Webster

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 => Poleiolie, pennyroyal => pepermunt, penny-pinching => gierig, penny-pinch => gierig, penny-a-liner => pennendraaier,