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A pennyworth is, in the old shop sense, as much of something as one penny would buy. A seller might offer a pennyworth of sweets or a pennyworth of bread. Because a penny was already a small coin, the word also came to mean a small amount; and in some older phrases a good pennyworth meant a bargain — a fair lot for your money. The word feels old-fashioned now. You may still meet it in historical writing, in set phrases, or in British English that likes a slightly old colour. You would not walk into a shop today and ask for a pennyworth of something, because a penny buys almost nothing.
一便士能買到的分量（舊時說法）
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
pennyworthnoun
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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.
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A small quantity or value.
- VVhy Lambe, vvhy Lady, fie you ſluggabed, / VVhy Loue I ſay, Madam, ſvveeteheart, vvhy Bride: / VVhat not a vvord, you take your pennivvorths novv, / Sleepe for a vveeke, […]
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datedA good bargain.
- VVilt thou purchaſe it Nic.? thou ſhalt have a lumping Pennyvvorth; nay, rather than vve ſhould differ, I'll give thee ſomething to take it off my Hands.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。