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A small coin, and money of account, in England, equivalent to two pennies, -- minted to a fixed annual amount, for almsgiving by the sovereign on Maundy Thursday.

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  1. n. A small coin, and money of account, in England, equivalent to two pennies, -- minted to a fixed annual amount, for almsgiving by the sovereign on Maundy Thursday.
  2. n. a former United Kingdom silver coin; United Kingdom bronze decimal coin worth two pennies
  3. A small coin, and money of account, in England, equivalent to two pennies, -- minted to a fixed annual amount, for almsgiving by the sovereign on Maundy Thursday.
  4. A small coin, and money of account, in England, equivalent totwo pennies, -- minted to a fixed annual amount, for almsgiving bythe sovereign on Maundy Thursday.
  5. n. a former United Kingdom silver coin; United Kingdom bronze decimal coin worth two pennies