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Spend a penny   /spɛnd ə pˈɛni/   Listen
Spend a penny

verb






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"Spend a penny" Quotes from Famous Books



... be rather odd on such an occasion to take this up. It was even odd in Nick to have said it. "Broadwood's just right," she returned at last. "It's neither too small nor too big, and it takes care of itself. There's nothing to be done: you can't spend a penny." ...
— The Tragic Muse • Henry James

... said the organist hesitatingly—"thank you; I had hoped you would take that view of the matter. There is a further little difficulty: I am as poor as a church mouse. I live like an old screw, and never spend a penny, but, then, I haven't got a penny to spend, and so ...
— The Nebuly Coat • John Meade Falkner



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