| 单词 | penny |
| 例句 | For a penny apiece, an elderly Italian man scraped up careful balls of lemon ice into miniature glasses. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Not until Grandma says, “No. I won’t take a penny. He’s a friend. He’s always welcome here.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z To my great delight, we received a few pennies, as well as some bread. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z For an iron penny I could sleep on the floor at the Red Eye for the night, for two I could sleep on the hearth by the embers of the evening fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z For some parents, it was a financial hardship to purchase the required uniform and pay ten pfennig, or pennies, as monthly dues. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The manly heroes of the penny dreadfuls and shilling novels never had these problems getting kissed. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z At two for a penny they were the best value in the shop. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he takes the battery, two rectangles of sheet metal, some penny nails, and the instrument hammer from his box. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Neither school had a penny for recruitment, nor virtually anything in the way of well-heeled patrons. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z "Car number three cost one hundred and eleven pounds and sold for nine hundred and ninety-nine pounds and fifty pence." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Stabling, food, and grooming for a horse like this would cost me a penny a day. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Those penny eyes, as Candy Man called them, were twinkling or sparkling or whatever it is girls do with their eyes, and driving me crazy. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Emmett digs out a purple bubble gum from a bin and puts a penny in her hand. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z They were weathered brown except for their toes, which shone like new pennies from all the times people had rubbed them for good luck. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z They got only a penny for ten pounds. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He took out two pennies and brandished them before putting them back into Chronicler’s purse. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It’s a penny to light a candle and I wonder if I should just light the candle and keep the penny. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I tried to keep my balance, but my penny loafers had no grip, and a second later I lay in the mud, too, my flowered dress splattered with gunk. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z I slide my hand down into my pocket and clutch my 1943 steel penny, The object I brought in for sharing today. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z He ransacked the penny dreadfuls in his head, trying to remember if any of their heroes had visited Australia. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z "Four dollars and forty-two cents. Fourteen quarters, five dimes, three nickels, and twenty-seven pennies." The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z I and my little redheaded sister, Mary Toy, always followed him down the hall, and he usually gave us each a stick of penny candy before shutting the company room door in our faces. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She saved practically all of her earnings, living like a miser, hoarding each penny. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z When we’re halfway back over the bridge toward the door, the father says, “Want to toss in a penny?” and sticks a penny in my hand. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The golden pennies wrapped in the dreamlike tissue were a never-tiring miracle. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He talked about her big brown penny eyes, and how even though she was adorable, she was tougher than most of the boys. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Mama made a very fine bread pudding from slices of stale bread, sugar, cinnamon and a penny apple sliced thin. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t you let them charge you a penny more,” he said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z That compliment made him seem much older, like he was giving a penny candy to an anxious little kid. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Him and his friends sitting on their bikes in front of the house, pitching pennies. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked at the grubby floor, strewn with toilet paper and a few pennies, and tried to think of something else—anything else. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Women wrapped two pennies in a bit of newspaper and tossed them down. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She would gather the pennies and put them in the collection plate. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The pennies in her pocket jingled to be spent. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z They will kill you for a pair of pennies. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z In the gate of the wall he stopped uncertainly and fumbled in his girdle with one hand for the pennies he had left, holding the box steady on his shoulder with the other hand. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z When we released our hands, each of us was holding a shiny new penny. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z I would take pennies from the store cash register so Frances and I could go to the Chadwick Movie Theater—it cost only ten cents. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z With a gang of children, I roamed the streets, begging pennies from passers-by, haunting the doors of saloons, wandering farther and farther away from home each day. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, before either Bud, Bertha, or Kyril Montana could open their mouths, the child screamed back in a high voice: “What are pennies made out of?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As for my penny, I purchased some white bread from a street vendor. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z She must see something unsettling in my face because she says, “A penny for your thoughts?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The boys still got together on the corner or in front of a penny candy store of an evening. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z If there was a penny over and above the price of the rice at the kitchens for the poor, they bought a bit of cabbage. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z While most of the children in the store, both black and white, scraped for pennies in their pockets, Paulette pulled out two crisp dollar bills and bought three large bags of candy. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Yes. But no pennies today. When I set you down you must hold on to my leg. Don’t let go, no matter what. A new game, see?” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z So how can anyone who likes green sourballs criticize me for preferring a nice penny loafer or a bedroom slipper? Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z At last the penny seemed to drop, and Tommy shut up. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama’s rule was: don’t buy candy or cake if you have a penny. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “We could have some craft tables for kids. And a raffle for a special wishing penny for the well. It’d be more gesture than anything else,” I said. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z I tried giving my Mary a shake to see if I couldn't get the pennies out and buy myself a box of Chiclets. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z They knew his clumsy abortions and the little brown pennies he gave sparingly for alms. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z They would give every penny of it to save Freebie. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z The merchant had been asking ten pennies for half a pound of salt, fifteen for a loaf of sugar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He told me afterwards that he remembered some bits out of the penny catechism, and a sermon which was once given when there was a mission at Camelot. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t you worry your head about that, Bod. Like a bad penny, as they say.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “Oh, my! You really are a woman now. Turn around. The Jongwes didn’t pinch pennies on that cloth. And those earrings! You look beautiful!” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Fabyan presented them with endless work that had to be finished up, but he paid them not a penny more than usual. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z My sisters, Cecile, and I would eat egg rolls, white rice, bean pies, and fried fish before we spent another penny in the stores of the no sayers. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z A gatherer took my penny and I shuffled on, jostled from this side and that, until I bumped up against an unmoving mass of spectators. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z But gods of Olympus...Curled in the membrane bubble in front of her was a fully formed Titan in golden armor, his skin the color of polished pennies. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Horrible about small problems, like missing a bus, or being ten pence short for the CD she wants, but good about the big problems, like when Mum had a big operation the year before. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z She was trying to make a fruit battery out of lemons, nails, wires, and pennies. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He smiles at you with his eyes looking like perfect, gently worn pennies, and your heart basically explodes as you smile back and run your fingertip over his nose. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z If I had Sunday afternoons free, I’d figure a way to earn my pennies. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Bolts, bent nails, tubing, rusting pennies, and orphaned keys were all jumbled together.Oliver rolled his eyes. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He picked it up and jingled the pennies. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z After a whole day of wrangling the babies and thinking disgruntled thoughts about those pennies, I launched a new campaign at dinner that night. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z This saved Mr. Lome a few pennies a week on the board bill, and he generously gave the money to Johnny. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He made me give the friar a penny. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z I turn to the pond and eye a bright pink fish the size of my forearm shimmering his way from shadow to shadow, and I toss in the penny and make a wish. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z There was one silver piece and fourteen copper pence. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Mami bought me a red plaid wool jumper with a crisp white shirt, my first pair of stockings, and penny loafers. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z But the penny in the hollow of my throat is warm to the touch, and I know that this ain't the end. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z No one had lost a penny or a brooch under the cushions of either sofa and remembered the place and time of the loss or the finding. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Its gnarled roots twisted in and out of the earth like a nest of slow brown serpents, and hundreds of old copper pennies had been nailed to its huge trunk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Most peddlers sold song sheets, two for a penny, and families would buy them and gather about their pianos to sing songs such as "Cherry Ripe" and "In My Father's Garden." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z A distant, faded memory of sucking on pennies as a kid popped into his head. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I followed more cautiously and caught up just as he was handing several pennies to a waterman with a small wherry-boat. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Slowly he picked up one penny and flipped it down. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She probably had never seen pennies before, having dealt only in Benjamins. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z If they spoke at all it was of food or of pence. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Luck smiled on me the next day, and I managed to steal a bundle of rags off the back of a wagon and sell them to a ragman for four iron pennies. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z On his bedside table were loose matches, unused stationery, a penny dreadful left facedown at the page he had stopped reading. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It’s much easier to get back into bed than it was to get out, and when I find my blankets I roll onto my side and cry silent, angry tears, clutching my lucky penny. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z For some reason, they wouldn’t try to get the wrapped pennies. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I usually worked five or six hours a week, which meant that if I saved every penny I earned, it would take about four years to raise the money. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Reckon out how much oil you saved and put its value in pennies in the bank. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z That night, I crawl into bed, stare at the lucky penny, and think about all the things that make me lucky. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z A penny whisde, to this day, has the same limitation: to play tunes in a range of mode families you have to buy several penny whisdes, each calibrated to a different mode. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I can’t wait until I have enough money to buy whatever the hell I want without worrying about every single penny. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Sometimes Mama would stop and look at the pictures outside the Apollo Theater, and sometimes, for a special treat, we would stop in the penny arcade. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z She pretended that she was spending the penny. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Just as I slipped on my penny loafers, a phone rang and disturbed the quiet stillness of the house. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Falco had only a few square kilometers of surface area, but it had still cost me a pretty penny. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z "The usual method," Mr. Pope said, "is to pay your penny and stand in front of the stage." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z A week before Mom died, I spent every penny I’d ever saved on it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z But no one ever said I had to turn over every penny I made to the stoneware pickle crock in which the household money was kept. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I crawled around in the muddy snow and wet garbage, searching for the silver penny with fingers so numb with cold they would barely work. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Grey damp would be around them, and the sun, a copper penny, would fade away. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The salesclerk allowed my brothers, my sister, and me to actually try on new Sunday shoes, as well as Hush Puppies and penny loafers for school, before we bought them. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Travelers to the village were rare, but occasionally a peddler would come through the village, selling "penny dreadful" accounts of grisly murders, fateful encounters, dire doings and remarkable escapes. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z But not ail the copper pence did Wang Lung spend on food. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “It will cost you seventy-five cents plus a penny tax.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z As I walk back to my seat, I think of how when Dad left, he said that when we look at the steel pennies, we need to remember that we are unique, too. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Stephanie squared up to Erin, her penny loafers toe-to-toe with Erin’s Frye boots. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z “His son’s this big lawyer”—lawyer!—“over in Virginia. I’d give a pretty penny to see his face when he gets a load of that tie. Mercy on us, wouldn’t I ever?” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z And men who sat in doorways with pennies in their mouths for lost love. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t say that. I give them a penny’s worth of candy for each cent they spend here. The pick is just so’s it’s more interesting.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A boy came by selling pretzels and Francie bought one for a penny. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In Harlem hundreds of poor people invested their pennies, nickels, and sometimes dollars in the hope that they would hit it big. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z "This is a dime," she continued, "and this one's a penny." The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “Show the place to me, and I’ll trouble you no more. And I’ll pay you,” I said, holding out some pennies. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z "Watch this," he said, picking a penny from the pile of change he had rattled on the table. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I ask Mr. Nielsen if I can use my own earnings to give a child a stick of penny candy now and then, and he laughs. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He would give a girl an extra penny if she did not shrink when he pinched her cheek. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It also provided Etta with enough money to get by on, if she was mindful of her pennies. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It’s all been turned into tarnished metal, the color of a worn-out penny. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Some kids were too poor to buy a penny mask. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I was inevitably short more than a few pence each month. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Every extra penny from my job at the newspaper went to my mother and sisters back in Romania. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The authorities both local and national had to spend every penny in their treasuries and every second of time in the sole task of dealing with the chaos. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Sometimes people would pay me a few pennies to talk to them. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Since I had no penny for passage—and did not care to risk my life in another boat, in any case—I would have to find another way of crossing the river. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z He had to do this because he lived on the pennies of the youngsters and he didn’t want to be boycotted. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes were brown, not dirt brown, but bronze—penny brown. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Mother and Grandma were always counting their pennies to keep us fed as it was. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She looked up at him like he was no more to her now than some ten-year-old boy come in for penny candy at the store. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z When it’s time for me to die that penny will be cold, of that I have no doubt. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Children wished on pennies and tossed them into her plastic pool. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z “Three dollars and twenty-nine cents, plus fourteen pennies for the governor, equals three-forty-three altogether,” Nick said bemusedly. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I opened my hand and saw a silver penny. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z People stared at Johnny curiously and one kind lady threw him a penny. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Two pennies was the same as a loaf of bread, and I couldn’t count all the times that I had been hungry in the last year. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Annabeth was hanging on to the Fleece, which flashed in the water like a wave of new pennies. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Felix had been buying stuff he wanted, not focusing on the price and the end goal of spending every penny. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Ms. Money- penny, the company controller, left to become Comptroller of the Currency. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “What if I offered you the scholarship money or a penny doubled every day for thirty days?” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Everyone agreed that the pennies were too beautiful to be spent. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She put the penny in her dress pocket and turned the rest of the money over to him. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, it’s the river you have to cross to get to the underworld. You gotta put pennies in the ferryman’s hands to get you across it.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z When he opens his hand, the penny isn’t there. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z An equivalent number of American pennies would be enough to make every person on Earth a dollar trillionaire. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He tucked it into his shirt pocket and sent pennies, nickels, and dimes skidding across the floor as he concentrated on quarters. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z I would beg for pennies, then peer under the swinging doors to watch the men and women drink. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z We had earned four silver pennies, four farthings, and six loaves of bread. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z He had never before spent a needless penny, since all money had been earmarked for his bookstore. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I had felt that my intelligence and industry could cope with all situations, and, until that time, I had never stolen a penny from anyone. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z One day Ashima goes shopping in downtown Boston, spending hours in the basement of Jordan Marsh as she pushes Gogol in his stroller, spending every last penny. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z At lunchtime, therefore, those with four pennies—a kingly sum—would wait in line, always long; sometimes though, there wouldn’t be enough bread or milk to go around. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood back from the bar and got a penny from my purse. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “It is a great deal, but I have counted carefully and I will waste no penny of it. I shall make the cloth dealer give me the last inch to the foot.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Somewhere off to the right, another voice sang counterpoint to hers, some baker’s boy shouting, “Meat pies, three pence, hot meat pies here.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He went into a small street restaurant, and putting two pence upon the table, he sat down. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Then I hurled it as far as I could and made my wish quick before that penny hit the road and bounced into the woods. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z My penny hasn't gone cold, and this seems like the place where I'm supposed to be, so I walk on in. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I have some pennies in my pocket so I stop at the corner store for some candy. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Jesus, Mary and Joseph, isn’t it enough that you come home without a penny in your pocket without making fools of the children on top of it? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z In Evan's case, he also appreciated the little things, like ladybugs and lucky pennies and the clouds on a rainy day. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z What was the old saying about the bad penny? The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Make my coffee light and sweet, shine my shoes, pick up my dry cleaning, all for not a single penny: What else could you want?” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z My rainy-day money was hidden here, eight iron pennies I had hoarded for when my luck turned bad. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She’d take a penny and go down to a store on Moore Street that had nothing in it but fat Jew pickles floating around in a heavy spiced brine. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “So Kvothe knew the fellow had the hunger something fierce, and that meant he’d stab his own mum for a bent penny.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Margot and I received a brooch made out of a penny, all bright and shiny. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Does Anker charge a penny every time you use his stairs?” she asked as I neared the ground. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Why don’t I find you a nice goat to sacrifice? I won’t ask a penny.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z A bad apple, but it was worth half a penny to learn that Manderly is raising men. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Mr. and Mrs. Wright exchanged looks again, but this time the look between them said: in for a penny. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I’ll be sure to tell the baron of your generosity,” my father said carefully as the mayor lay the pennies into his hand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z To improve their prospects, Elizebeth was saving every penny she could. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “Did you put the pennies in the gum machine at the store?” she asked. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I rushed out of the room shouting, “My pennies! Someone took them!” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Men touch their caps and say they’re sorry for his troubles and some pat my head and give me pennies, twenty-four pennies, two shillings. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z "Nine hundred and ninety-nine pounds and fifty pence," the father said. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z And next to them on the third bench was this kid Britton Burns and his crew the Low Cuts, who were known around school for pocket pat-downs for pennies. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z It took ’em a whole bunch of years, but they saved up every penny they could and had the Liberty Bell made then sent all the way to Canada. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The seal was hungry one day, or bored, perhaps, so she ate one hundred pennies. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z My shoulder, where the penny hit me, is throbbing and hot. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “If I gave you a penny and it magically doubled the next day, and those pennies doubled the next day, and so on, do you know how much you’d have in a month?” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z If pennies become worthless, does that devalue our thoughts to less than nothing? Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He pulls up the leather string with my lucky penny on it, a single eyebrow raised. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He also says that when you find a penny, it’s only “lucky” if it’s heads-up. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z A poor bicycle repairman just a few years before, Howard soon had hundreds of thousands of dollars for every penny he had brought to California. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Things you could buy for a penny, with the King’s head on it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z But then, hard times are a penny for plenty. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I looked in my pocketbook and counted out a dollar bill and seventy-nine cents in dimes and nickels and pennies. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Now you have to understand that twenty pennies might be a good bit of money for some little ragamuffin troupe living hand-to-mouth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Then the anger would pass; he would go back to his job and try to eke out a few pennies to support his wife and children. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Captain Robinson will make a pretty penny from the Mars.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m a shrimp worker. I’m forced to shell shrimp for 18 hours a day for pennies in awful conditions. Here.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Live slugs, green pennies, bits of faded magazines. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Francie bought a sheet of writing paper and an envelope for a penny and carefully wrote an application and addressed it to the ad’s box number. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z From then on, for a penny or a nickel, I would repeat to anyone whatever was whispered to me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z In the days where you could be hanged in London from Tyburn’s triple-crowned tree for the theft of twelve pennies, the Americas became a symbol of clemency, of a second chance. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Feeling a lump in my throat, I started thinking about Carl, my pennies, the house. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z On the way home Biff found a penny lying half concealed by rubbish in the gutter. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Again the coin rattled down, and Mary ascended for a moment, then fell back to earth until the next penny saved. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z A penny for a potato, a penny for a watermelon. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Any pennies thrown loose were considered fair game by the boys and they scrambled for them, picked them up and ran off down the street with an angry musician after them. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “He asked for one pound and I paid it. For sharpening all the knives, and a jolly good job he made of them. One pound. A penny more than one of your frozen Greenland pizzas.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z So they turned aside and spent some hours at the fair, tethering the horses near the gate, giving a penny to a lad for watching them. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z It was some sort of code that made them agree as to whose pennies were whose. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I flick at the penny and eye the other two women in the carriage before I go back to staring out of the window. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Sarah Cohen had flaming red hair, the color of a penny in the summer sun. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z You should be with parents who can afford to throw away pennies like trash. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z It was true of course, though sprinkled with little inaccuracies that added to the story, making it strong meat for the hundreds of readers who wanted value for their pennies. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I felt my eyes harden, grow flat and narrow as pennies. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When I was in town, I might get some penny candies for the little ones. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I was self-sufficient, I could travel the world over, never needing a penny, never asking anything of anyone. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z My little servant, after helping me to clean my house, was gone, well satisfied with the fee of a penny for her aid. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He told jokes when he wasn’t in a trance and pretended to find pennies in Kuda’s ears. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Everyone was too busy trying to make Key West shine like a new penny. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z They flipped a penny about who was going to speak, and Petra dialed. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z “Francie, here’s a penny. Run down to the candy store and get a sheet of writing paper and an envelope.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A silver penny was worth ten copper pennies, or fifty iron ones. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Mother called me to help figure the bills and exchange the many kinds of money: pence from Massachusetts, shillings from Virginia, British pounds, and French francs. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m constantly shrinking- The truth of the matter is that Father is thinking of business and profit, of shillings and pence. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z My father always reminded me that neither he nor the world owed me a penny or a prayer, though he left me many millions of one and braying echoes of the other. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She had six copper pennies, five rocks, the geography book, and two spools of black thread—heavyweight No. 30. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z We scoured the side of the road for discarded bottles to exchange for pennies when the glass man came around. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z With that penny balanced on my nail, waiting for a flip, I thought too long on all the things I might wish for and froze. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z The doll named Mary and the pretty little box which had once held ten gilded pennies, were stowed away next. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Last night’s extravagant spending had left me with exactly three pennies in my pocket, and I was eager to take advantage of my newly earned position. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He held out a little square hand to show Dicey a cluster of pennies and nickels. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “It isn’t much fun if you have to pinch every penny till it screams.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s wearing these real nice shoes made of leather, I think they’re called penny loafers, and they don’t have a speck of dirt on them. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “I will not pay you a penny! Go! You are a disease infecting our country! We need walls against you!” Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z The only things I want are my lucky penny and the packet of letters secured in my pocket. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The only thing slightly off was his penny loafers, which were two sizes too big, but he’d stuffed cotton in the tips so that they wouldn’t slip off. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z I wish I had a penny and I wish I had a nickel. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z "I wouldn't give you a penny for it." The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Added to the two pennies Maybeth and James had picked up earlier, Dicey figured that they were only twenty-one cents out of pocket for food. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Today I’m wearing my gray Guess jeans with a blue-and-orange argyle polo and a pair of shiny brown penny loafers TJ got me from school. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He grasped my wrist and thrust the penny into my palm. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z At last Kepler’s position had been regularized, although Tycho continued to dole out his wealth of data in penny packets, as and when he thought Kepler needed it, rather than giving him free access. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “I don’t want your gum, I want my two pennies,” I shouted. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I took out a penny, made a wish, and tossed it. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “It’s a horrible thing to tell your kids that money’s the only thing in the world, but it’s a disgrace to work for it. Then toss ’em out without a penny. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Big enough for people to have a seat while eating their lunch, or toss pennies in the fountain for a wish. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Four pennies and three farthings and—and that’s all,” sighed Michael, putting his money in a little heap. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Zane had little hope that the grump of an old man had anything that could earn Zane even a penny, but he was . A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z And Wang Lung, to his horror, found there was nothing to do but to produce from his girdle yet another penny. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “Bruce pays off in pennies and nickels. What did you expect him to pay me in? Traveler’s checks?” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes when she had a spare penny, she bought broken crackers. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I placed the penny back in the box and closed it. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z This was something to the effect that, in the Underworld, a great ox costs only a penny, but I knew what he meant and in spite of myself I laughed. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Sissy took her into a little candy store and treated her to a penny chocolate soda. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She had made it with a penny test tube bought at Knipe’s Drug Store. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z We offer up our dreams, a penny at a time, to the chance that they might come true. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “These are expensive. Reel is a grand, rod five hundred. But worth every penny.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The more alfalfa he did not grow, the more money the government gave him, and he spent every penny he didn’t earn on new land to increase the amount of alfalfa he did not produce. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z One hundred pennies will pull a pocket low and clank loudly on the store counter. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z I figured she was picturing me flattened like a penny on the trestle rails. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z They found a little gold, a little silver, a great sack of copper pennies, and a dented goblet set with garnets that two soldiers almost came to blows over. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He left Shadow his copy of Herodotus with several actual coins hidden in the pages: two quarters, a penny, and a nickel. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “Kate and I used to worry so about her living alone in one room and going out cleaning to make a few pennies.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In for a penny, in for a pound, thought Lyddie, and made her way into town. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z She reached into one of her shopping bags and pulled out a pair of banged-up penny loafers. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The other hooks held blotters, pencils and other penny articles. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The thing about Bob is that when you first meet him, he’s really interesting because he knows about cigarette rules and pennies and Mary Tyler Moore. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z He’s brown as water Over a stone, Brown as leaves and branches, Brown as pennies in a hand. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m like an old bad penny, I always come back,” Matthias whispered. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It also saved the pennies that would otherwise have paid their fare on the streetcar and instead could be used to buy a better cut of meat for Sunday dinner. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z As Miss Duncan and Katherine resume their conversation, I reach into my shirt and touch my penny. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z She pulls off her shoe and takes out the three pennies. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “He brought me this from San Francisco. It only cost a penny. But isn’t it pretty?” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes we’d find a buffalo nickel, a Mercury dime, or an Indian head penny. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z I stood, stomped back over to the well, and dug around in my bag for a penny. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Then, oh happiness, she saw her mother give Spoon Man ten pennies for that purple glass bracelet, which Mama then quickly tucked into her apron pocket. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I was working, eating my meals out, buying my own clothes, giving what few pennies I could to Granny to help out in the house. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Bugs rumbled around in his pocket and found a penny. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z I held out the penny I hadn’t spent from our nickel. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z She liked the concept and offered them a penny for every download. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Whenever Bandit needed a few pennies to buy melon seeds or candied plums, she sent Precious Coins to ask Grandmother for them. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z "Two fifty! That's penny candy! At least it was when I was coming up." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z His two dimes and a penny couldn’t carry him far, but somehow he begged and borrowed enough money to open a little bicycle-repair shop on Van Ness Avenue downtown. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Everything tastes like pennies. Aside from that, I’m on a roller coaster that only goes up, kid,” Gus answered. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z The rent will be ten pence a week.' Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z When he returned home, he resumed college at Temple University and then went through its law school, with every penny of his higher education paid by that great entitlement program called the GI Bill. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z It was the day children went around “ragamuffin” or “slamming gates,” wearing costumes topped off by a penny mask. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Benny took the pennies from her and dropped them back into the cup. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z We girls giggled and tossed pennies back and forth into our teacher Miss Stiles's chair before she arrived. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z So I felt around on the floor for my penny loafers. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z My only freedom was to swipe pennies from the store drawer and walk downtown with Dee-Dee to buy romance magazines like True Love and True Romance. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z So by measuring the money collected against the bagels taken, he found it possible to tell, down to the penny, just how honest his customers were. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z As each boy reached the age of twelve, he had to leave school to go out to earn a few pennies. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z We spent every penny we had on junk food. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The mayor looked relieved, brought out his purse, and pulled out two silver pennies. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z If she gave me a penny on January first and kept doubling it, on January twenty-sixth she would give me $335,544. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Seven knew there was no shame in a cleaning job, but toad sludge smelled horrific and pennies weren’t enough to live or eat on. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Another penny bought a small reel of red embroidery cotton and two cents went for a pair of small hoops. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re a citizen, so you’ll be good. But make sure you take advantage of every penny, you hear me?” she says. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “A penny isn't nothing. It can be the start of something big,” she said. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z But most real entertainment cost money, and my hard-won pennies were too precious to squander. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The whole operation had cost less than a penny per acre. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z When I had enough pennies, I would scoop them up and run to the grocer’s to buy my favorite colored icy pops. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z He is dressed up in a crisp navy suit with brown suede elbow pads and dark-brown penny loafers. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “And such a skinflint a penny would freeze to your fist before you’d spend it,” the phrenologist snapped. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “Did you ever see a little kid’s face when he spots a penny on a sidewalk?” she said. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z I wouldn’t have been able to buy even a penny’s worth of war stamps otherwise, let alone a Liberty Bond. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z "Okay, today in the penny, nickel, and dime categories, we got the old stuff." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z “In other words, every time we buy a gallon of gas, we pay a penny to keep the beach up so the whites can use it,” he said. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “To show you I mean what I say,” he went on, brandishing the envelope, “here’s my wages for the week. Every penny.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Tears for Mom’s swollen ankles after a long day of work, for her jar of pennies. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Who needed to waste a penny at the candy store when you could get a taste of molasses for free? I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z Francie was sure that Mama was right about the pennies being safest in the bank, yet it was a wrench to let those golden pennies drop down into the darkness. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Open my binder and look next to the first page. He shifted the books. A penny postcard was in the binder. “ East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I thought all pennies were Lincoln Heads,” I said in surprise. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “I like to dance,” Laney repeated as she took another penny from the cup and tried to scrub it clean with the hem of her jacket. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Scurrying past the people waiting in line, I was so terrified that I didn’t even take the time to pick up my precious pennies. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Since corn sweetener was now so cheap, why not get people to pay just a few pennies more for a bigger bottle? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z She wants me to remind you to keep out of trouble, and to always wear your lucky penny. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He was a nice old man who sometimes gave me penny candy. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Before he could turn it was there and the small boy demanded sharply, “Where is the penny?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “Two pennies left over. Two pennies left over,” Natalie says like someone is arguing with her math. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z It had taken her years to save five dollars, she had hoarded pennies to accumulate such a sum. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She walks down Garden Avenue to a small grocery store which sells penny candy. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I had had my eye on one horse in particular, Prancer, the one I had dreamed about during all those months as I saved up the five pennies I needed to ride him. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s say I give you a penny for your allowance on January first,” she said, “and on January second, I double your allowance.” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “Now every time the pig is filled, you can go to the bank yourself and make a deposit. And every penny in the account will go to help pay for your college education.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z At the Randall plantation he continued his enterprise, joining the Sunday caravan into town with the moss sellers, penny seamstresses, and day laborers. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The street was jammed with masked and costumed children making a deafening din with their penny tin horns. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He slipped a quarter into the tin, hanging on to a dime and a few pennies for himself. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Sam, Father says for most people it isn’t being free, it’s only a few pence in taxes.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Around my neck, the penny is now cool against my skin, no longer icy. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I find four pennies fell out of Daddy’s pocket, and one of my old marbles I been looking for. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z She leaned against a penny weighing machine wondering what was the matter with her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The 1910 Lincoln Head penny had belonged to Papa, but he gave it to me. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The sun was a hot white penny, shining down upon the grey river as it rushed around the charred bones of sunken ships. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When the old man, helped by Bilbo and some dwarves, had finished unloading, Bilbo gave a few pennies away; but not a single squib or cracker was forthcoming, to the disappointment of the onlookers. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z What’s more, he didn’t notice that the receipt read pennies instead of talents. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Kids were back to splashing and diving for the pennies someone had thrown into the pool, and Deidre—who everyone called Dee Dee—was there with her feet dangling in the water. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Yesterday they had been two to one, meaning I would have had to risk two pennies for the chance to win one. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And I thought There’s that old war again, popping up like a bad penny. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Pointing to a pack of Juicy Fruit gum, Shirley handed him the pennies. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z “Can you sell me anything for a penny?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They probably had a stack of flat pennies somewhere in the company-store offices, collected over the decades. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “My dad is in the army and he’s deployed right now. On the day my dad left, he gave Travis and me these pennies.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z And people would give them a lot of pennies and the monkey could eat with them and maybe sleep in her bed at night. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z After we had been traveling for a few miles, I put my note pad back in my shirt pocket, took the top off my coin box, and starting looking at my pennies. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z My penny has gone icy under my shirt, and I stop walking as the preacher stops. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z She did not sell the house but she mortgaged it for every penny she could get. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z "So you got nothing? Not one dollar? Not a quarter? Not a penny? Even bums got pennies!" When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z I remember today’s checkout girl giving Uhmma’s chapped red hands a long look as Uhmma counted out one quarter, two dimes, five nickels, and thirty pennies. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z “This will bring a pretty penny,” they said at the poorhouse. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Colin laughed as Hassan returned to counting the pennies of victory, but Colin's brain was spinning with the implications: if the future is forever, he thought, then eventually it will swallow us all up. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Mam wonders how he’ll get to Coventry without a penny in his pocket. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Oh, every penny... but never a groat more, my lord. You’ll get the meal you bargained for, but it won’t be sauced with gratitude, and in the end it will not nourish you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She saw Punky Perkins, next to her in church, drop two buttons in the plate in lieu of the two pennies his mother had given him. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood a penny in a slot on the canopy of cloud and pulled the lever at the base. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Three pennies are in her shoe— slipping back and forth between the sock and the inner sole. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t believe my ears when the cap’n said, “Five hunnert dollars if we gets him. I think your knowledge is worth every penny of that.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Besides, they don’t have a penny to their name and nothing in the way of a hope chest. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z After a little he said, “Eight hundred and forty-three pounds, fifteen shillings, and six and one-fourth pence. Tell me about Machico.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Every so often, somebody would come up with the idea of putting a penny on the track and getting it run over by the coal cars to make a big flat medal. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Or maybe I could give one of the younger boys a penny to touch it for me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z A few pennies and dimes were on the floor, but the quarters, the nickels, the five-dollar bill, and all of the single dollars were gone. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I stare at the muddy, ugly pennies and wonder. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z As soon as the bus stopped, I made my way forward and slipped a Year-of-the-Souls penny into Noah's hand. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z She was the Johnny Appleseed of loose change: a penny here, a nickel there. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z "A golden sovereign, a silver sixpence, a copper penny, and a fresh shiny farthing," said the man. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Turn himself into a penny swept into one of the corners by Mr. Munch's big broom. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z “He gave me sixteen cents and a pinching penny.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She added a dime from the few pennies in her worn purse. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He, too, was facing the sunset, his pelt the color of a new penny. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z She and her children had depended on every penny her husband earned. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He took out two pence and with these he bought six small green peaches. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z The penny settled in the hollow of my chest, its weight warm and comforting. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z She made that outdoors over an open fire, and she’d put pennies in the caldron to keep it from sticking. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He says the best thing to do is find a lucky penny when you’re with someone and give the other person the good luck. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z After two songs, the fiddle and horn carried on alone while the drummer went around hat in hand ungraciously accepting the pennies doled out to him. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “So! At last you come in mine store! Is something maybe, other dry-goods stores ain’t got and you come by me? Maybe by other store is dicky penny cheaper but damaged stock, no?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Maya just nodded, her eyes round like pennies. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z All right, all right, here’s a penny.You can give it back when you get a job a million years from now. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Tucked in between old woolen socks and pants were mementoes: circus bills, a dance card, penny postcards, a few photos. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z My mouth tasted like old pennies and warm spoiled milk. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “A penny cannot feed me, and I have no strength to go farther. Don’t shut the door:—oh, don’t, for God’s sake!” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “I don’t suppose you could spare me a penny or two out of that?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z If there was a penny in doubt, the penny went into the crock. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Christ, Francie, a feller is got to make a living and it comes slow in this business—a penny at a time.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I also took some of the pennies we had earned and placed them in a pocket. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Malvonne resealed the letter carefully and thought she would add another penny stamp in case that would help get it to Panama faster. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I was thinking “in for a penny, in for a pound” at that point, which, in retrospect, was totally stupid. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The thing he saw in the averted glance of the servants at his boarding school; the bootblack who tap-danced for a penny. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Altogether, just a little over three iron pennies in Commonwealth coin. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I filled my bag with a dried bay leaf, a shiny new penny, a piece of pecan tree bark, and a handful of salt. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Most people are more likely to bet a penny for a six-dollar payout, or if you split the bet, a penny will bring you a dollar for any combination hit. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The discs turned out to be bright golden pennies. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Rhoda inspected his earnings, counting out the four pennies and three nickels twice to make sure before she looked up, eyebrows raised. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z There the men worked as cigarmakers and each chipped in a few pennies a day to hire a man to read to them while they worked. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I did not have a penny, but I was going to leave. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Believing that higher education was a waste of time for girls, he refused to pay a penny toward it. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z My cellmate was among at least a hundred nutmeg men who, for money or cigarettes, bought from kitchen-worker inmates penny matchboxes full of stolen nutmeg. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Every heads-up penny found and daydream and night dream and even when people say it's a pipe dream . Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z “There’s folks out lately that would kill you for a pair of pennies, let alone a horse and cart. What are you going to do now? Pull it yourself?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z So I stand and I take out the penny. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z The Kettleblacks would charm her, take her coin, and promise her anything she asked, and why not, when Bronn was matching every copper penny, coin for coin? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When Uhmma caught me throwing a penny, along with old papers, in the trash, she yelled, Do you think the clerk would let me leave with the groceries when I am one penny short? A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z ‘One Sherbet Sucker, please,’ Thwaites said to her, holding out his penny. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Ashima has been consuming this concoction throughout her pregnancy, a humble approximation of the snack sold for pennies on Calcutta sidewalks and on railway platforms throughout India, spilling from newspaper cones. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “You needn’t feel bad. Enjoy the money. I think you’ll find you’ve earned every penny. It’s hot as Hades up here in July” “But where will you be going?” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Dad stands for a minute, swaying, and puts the penny back in his pocket. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I found another four-leaf clover and a penny in a parking lot, and one time we drove across the state line into Tennessee, which is good for wishing if you clap three times first. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z It was bad enough not being able to afford E Motions, and barely any new clothes, and having to watch every penny we spent at the supermarket. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z For example six cents would put one penny on each of the six possible combinations of three digits. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He was an honest man, and well-off as things were reckoned in Bree; but thirty silver pennies was a sore blow to him, and being cheated by Bill Ferny made it harder to bear. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Then I found a wool scarf for Grandma for just ten cents, and socks for Conrad for three pennies. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Some nights he says Michael is the best singer of all and he gives him the penny. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “I got some pennies in my purse,” she said. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Anything to pinch a few pennies,” I said tactlessly. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “Okay, here’s a penny for you, Julie, and one for Bri and one for me. Let’s see how rich we are.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “Oh God, Sam fight? Is it worth war to save a few pence in taxes?” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I like to dance,” she informed him while handing him two pennies from the “Take a penny” cup. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z In fact, since it was first installed at a cost of two hundred and thirty-six dollars to the Milagro exchequer, that parking meter had received only fourteen dimes, eight nickels, and eleven pennies. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A few exacted a fee of a penny which few children were able to pay. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Salt and a penny’s worth of minced parsley were added for flavor. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But the idea of my wish getting mixed up with hundreds and hundreds of strangers’ hopes made me drop the penny back into my purse. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Here it was pennies and clutter and spittle on the curb. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “And,” he says, “I picked up an old gumball machine. The kind that takes pennies. I’ll sell it for ten times what I paid for it.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z “Nine times. They brought him back after the first three. Then I stopped reporting it. He’d come back on his own. Heh. Always showing up, like a bad penny.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He flipped the penny up into the air and caught it, then slapped it down on the back of his left hand. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z He reached into his pocket and handed me a penny. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m in debt to a dangerous person. I could use every penny ...” I trailed off, my mind working. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He saw a little coppery shine in the gutter and walked toward it but just as he reached it Willard shoved him aside and picked up the penny. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “These are my pennies,” he said, opening one of the folders. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z A few inches from the toe of my boot is my penny, looking just the way it did the day Bill took it from me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z "Do mine," Yoyo begged, and Papi placed a penny in the old man's slotted hands so that the coin looked like the wheel of a boat. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z As usual, she was broke, dumping single dollar bills, change, pennies on the counter to pay for the one-way ticket to Ohio. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Volantene honors were most common, little coins no bigger than a penny with a crown on one side and a skull on the other. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “That boat cost half a million bucks if it cost a penny. And you heard how much he paid for the rod and reel.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z An engineer’s wife gave Miriam Mann’s daughter a shiny new penny to put in her shoe on her wedding day. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z If it paid anything at all, it would have been pennies per hour. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Bill Ferny’s price was twelve silver pennies; and that was indeed at least three times the pony’s value in those parts. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z There was enough for the six mats and enough each for a penny for rice and beyond that he had three pence left. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Have to sell it for cat food, a few pennies on the pound. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He runs to the altar and when he comes back the woman gives him a penny to go with his ashes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I read somewhere that they’re going to be doing away with pennies entirely one of these days, because I guess thoughts are all they’re good for. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z A silver talent, thicker and heavier than the penny I had lost. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Instead his hand comes up with my penny. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z A Working Boy can use every penny that he can get his ambitious and striving hands on. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She clipped the wires to the lemons by attaching one end to a nail on one lemon and the other end to a penny on the next lemon. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I am embarrassed when Uhmma puts down a million pennies and the clerk snarls as she counts out the change. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z These are lovely children you have and I’m from Cork meself and I know what ’tis to be in Dublin without two pennies to rub together. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She went to the bank and withdrew all her money—243 dollars and 87 pence. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Only then did he reach down in his pants pockets, haul up an old leather pouch tied with a wax string and count out old green pennies that looked like junk too. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The soldier would not take the penny I offered him and brought me a pulpy orange. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Uhmma loves her pennies, collects them like flowers in an old glass vase she found at a garage sale. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z I quickly went through the loose pennies in his box and picked one made in 1865. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He shoots a penny that hits my shoulder and stings like a mother. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I started a small business of charging a penny to lend one out. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Okay, I'll match that. First to twenty wins fifty pence off the other.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “Nobody expects you to pay for it! The school has money set aside for the dance. But if you don’t present your budget, I can’t release one penny!” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z As we passed by Main Street School, I reached underneath the front seat and pulled out my penny collection, which I kept in a small, white cardboard box. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Butterbur paid for it himself, and offered Merry another eighteen pence as some compensation for the lost animals. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “This has been officially decided,” Bongo said firmly “We flipped the penny remember?” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Listen. You’re a black boy and you’re trying to make a few pennies. All right. I don’t want to stop you from selling these papers, if you want to sell ’em. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The dragon stirred, glittering like a mountain of pennies. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I took a penny from my mother’s purse. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z All the kids hoped they’d win the wishing penny raffle after making their very own monster coin purses. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Every month, I double-check her math to make sure every penny is accounted for. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I knew exactly what was going to happen to my penny through the next two pages and I couldn’t bear to leave it unsaid. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “My dear, don’t you know? He picked her up in Monte Carlo or somewhere, she hadn’t a penny. She was a companion to some old woman.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z There was a new 1917 penny which she put in the envelope. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Gobstoppers, costing a penny each, were enormous hard round balls the size of small tomatoes. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Quite a few pennies found swept into the corner by Mr. Munch, the school's janitor. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z “But I’m proven wrong, aren’t I? Thousands of pounds are being wasted and so I owe my friend, Captain Farrar, a penny. A gentleman always pays his debts promptly, be they large or small.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He reaches behind Carmine’s ear, and—“Presto,” he says, handing him the penny. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Finally he reaches over and takes the pennies from her hand. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your father says you’re not to have another penny until he speaks to you!” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “It can't've started yet. Let's just go and help ourselves. If someone sees us we can act like we were going to pay. It'll only be two pence or five pence.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z That evening, before going to bed, I checked on my pennies again. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Wang Lung withdrew a little from the others and turned himself about to the wall and secretly with his hand in his girdle he counted out the pence he had left. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Once in a while, my mother's canasta friends, who declared they hated pennies in their purses, disposed of them gladly in the whale's mouth or the canopy of cloud. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I hate doing laundry, and a few pennies seems like a fair price for dealing with flea-infested blankets. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z It had been raining for days, but on that day, the sun was shining like a bright new penny. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I thought about putting a penny on the tracks for the train to flatten, then decided not to. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Sissy explained that she had bought a bit of gold paint powder, mixed it with a few drops of banana oil and had gilded each penny. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z If Cole wasted this chance, nobody else would pay a penny. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “I suppose I could sell you a penny’s worth,” he said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The bumps were pennies and nickels people had pitched into the fountain to make a wish. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The Friedmans’ valuable collection had gone to the Marshall Library as a gift, and Elizebeth had to pinch pennies. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z My sickles are heavy at my side and my penny is a warm, comforting weight around my neck. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I reach under my shirt and run my thumb over my lucky penny. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z They congratulated him on being able to account for every penny of the money earned through sales and expended for their needs. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The man died without a penny, yet his children grew up to graduate from college, to become doctors, professors, teachers, and professionals all. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Said goodbye like I would in Chicago. Put the penny in her hand.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z Two spools of thread, one white chess bishop, and six parts of a jigsaw puzzle...A teaspoon and a closed box of safety matches...A radish, two pennies, a nickel, and a golf ball. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z General Electric offered to do the job for $1.8 million, insisting the deal would not earn a penny’s profit. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He’d had a button and a pennant collection, a thousand pennies in a large mason jar, a fishbowl, and a model tin lizzie hung from a strand of wire in one corner. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I came forward, slipped a Year-of-the-Souls penny into her hand, and immediately returned to the shadows. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z These were the dudes who used to call me White Boy because while they were shooting dice for pennies at recess, I was reading a book. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I put down my coffee and fished in my jacket pocket and found a quarter and some pennies. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I did not mean to win when I threw the penny into the air. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z What I actually did when I had the chance was buy penny squares of chocolate. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “You don't even want it. Because you don't need it. Twenty bucks is like a penny to you. I wouldn't care if some kids took a penny from me to buy lunch.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Bongo flipped a penny she kept in her collection of treasures, and we arrived at our helper: the smallest baby opossum, Flashlight. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Reaching into his pocket, he pulls out a penny. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z She’s made of copper, which means she might sink like a penny in a fountain. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “You spent it at the store, didn’t you? All that penny candy.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z In the summer, the rose gardens are in full bloom and the fountain runs, so people stop and make penny wishes. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z While they were frying, Francie ran down to the candy store and bought a penny’s worth of brown rock candy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Every penny I put on the numbers is a penny well spent; it buys me that moment to think: What if? X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I got some clothes from a penny sale, cut them up, and rubbed them with dirt like I crawled out of a grave. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “I’ll give you one of my Lincoln pennies for one of your Indian Heads,” I said. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I wished I had not already spent my penny. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Nadia gave no indication that she had the penny, but she was at my side in less than a minute. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z I thought I understood what’s happening to her, but this isn’t like being robbed a penny at a time. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z By focusing solely on Yakov’s death yet hinting at the disappearances of other boys, he had left the article open-ended like a penny dreadful. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Four pence,” said the barber, beginning to pass a black cloth in and out of the, hot water. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z I had two copper jots in my pocket and no way to get a bent penny more. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She reached into her man’s pants and poured a lot of nickels, dimes, pennies, and some quarters into my hands. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z But he was strong, and canny with his pennies: somehow he saved up enough for a cow — Our Cow. not six years old, and strong enough to plow. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z I opened my mouth to protest; an iron penny for an hour’s work was a bargain I was hesitant to pass up. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Why are millions spent on the war each day, while not a penny is available for medical science, artists or the poor? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z My dancing was amusing enough for people to throw pennies to me when I danced. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z He had lost every penny of his wages at dice over the weekend; he had asked everyone in the yard to loan him some money—they had refused. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z "What sort of master would refuse his prentice a penny to see a play?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “One dollar and six cents. One dollar and six cents. Two pennies left over,” Natalie says. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, on a whim, I went to the back door of the nearby inn and spent my final penny on a mug of strong beer. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I found this wheat penny in the boards. They’re good luck, you know.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z His eyes are watery, the brown washed out to the color of a penny, his hair completely snow white and thinning. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z She broke into a laugh, like that of a person being driven mad by hunger, and said, “Show me a black man with a penny to spare, and I’ll bring your father back.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z "I ken that. But I ha' no penny." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Finally I grab a roll of Life Savers and put my pennies in Mr. Jackson’s fat, sweaty hand. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z “Now, Drew, I can understand that you’ve been drinking, but why don’t we all take a deep breath—” Drew leaned forward and spewed chunks all over her penny loafers. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z In the end, the only way in which he managed to earn a few pennies was by shoveling snow in the streets. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z In his first two weeks, all he sold was some Quaker Oats and penny candy. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Before we got back to Camillo Junior High, we passed Saint Adelbert’s—“built almost a century ago with the pennies of Italian immigrants,’’ said Mrs. Baker. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Not a poor Oriental who saves pennies like gold. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z “I’m selling mine for a buck apiece. What’s he getting for his ?” “A dollar and a penny.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I had one morsel of bread yet: the remnant of a roll I had bought in a town we passed through at noon with a stray penny—my last coin. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I will sleep in alleys and stables, wash dishes for kitchen scraps, beg pennies to buy pens. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Mr. Pumblechook worked his head like a screw to screw it out of me, and said, “Is forty-three pence seven and sixpence three fardens, for instance?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “He didn’t give me a penny. Told me he would remember it on payday.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed that he was roaming the streets of Brooklyn as a one-man band and living on the pennies he collected. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Sister read Doña Laura's note explaining that this was an offertory bank, and everyone got to work a penny in the cloud and watch the little figure rise. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z We black boys worked long hard hours for what few pennies we earned and we were edgy and tense. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Their skin was coppery, the shade and sheen of new pennies. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z It takes a second for the penny to drop, but then I laugh, shaking my head. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z My troupe was not some poor batch of mummers, japing at crossroads for pennies, singing for our suppers. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I want her to see that every penny of change matches the paper. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z After my brothers and I had put away our few things, I sat on the floor and looked at my pennies. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z They had sold their junk and already squandered the pennies. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z If I’m there early they’ll give me a few pennies for helping unload their carts or motor cars. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I scooped them up and sold them to Lamar for a penny a dozen. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He walked heavily to the counter and stood jiggling the two pennies, the nickel, and the dime in his palm. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He smiled and reached in his pocket, withdrawing pennies. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z We all know that man can’t part with a penny or a paper. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z They lived mostly on these things made from stale bread, and condensed milk and coffee, onions, potatoes, and always the penny’s worth of something bought at the last minute, added for fillip. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Wang Lung had not thought to complain for he had not seen this coin before, and he did not know for how many pence it could be changed. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z I could tell he didn’t like me, so I let him see the penny in my hand. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z With the six pennies, the book, the rocks, and the thread, she walked back to town. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Aren’t you supposed to ask us if we would rather have a million dollars now or a penny doubled every day for a month? That’s the riddle math teachers like to give.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “I was a boy of twelve then. I sang in saloons for the drunks and they threw pennies at me. Then I started working around saloons and restaurants...waiting on people....” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It was simple enough, a penny with a hole in it so it could hang on a string. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z There’s a little shop on a side street halfway home where we stop and spend our allowances on penny gumballs, red licorice whips, orange Popsicles, sharing everything out equally. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “It’s been a few years since I heard that. Back when I worked as a scriv we’d trick the first-termers into giving us a penny to use the Archives. Called it a stack fee.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z This one piece, no bigger than a penny, has all of her attention. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “You see them millionaires? They got them big ears. Anytime a dollar rustle they hear it. Them small ears you got, all you can hear is pennies falling.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll be down in a minute,” I say, inspecting my Jenny Flick penny welt in the bathroom mirror. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z She should be reading fairy tales and taking her nickels to the sweet shop for a bag of penny candy. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z We took the flowers and dropped two nickels and five pennies in Poncho Man’s guitar case. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He tells Mam at last that she can have the public assistance but if she gets a single penny from her husband she’s to drop all claims and give the money back to the Dispensary. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z They left stuffed animals, notes, ribbons, pieces of clothing, books, flowers, Bibles, flattened pennies, poems, photographs, jewelry, tiny trinkets. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Even mainstream trainers would drop pennies in mares’ water buckets to halt estrus, or exhaust themselves trying to get a mane that fell to the left—a bad omen—to fall to the right. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But I don’t have a penny for the candle. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He could run up the long garden paths of the quality an’ save Pat’s poor legs an’ earn a few pennies into the bargain. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The one-armed smith had left few personal effects: the cup, six pennies and a copper star, a niello brooch with a broken clasp, a musty brocade doublet that bore the stag of Storm’s End. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I’ll set me up in a market on market day, sing songs, juggle a little, whatever it takes to make a penny or two for a poor boy like meself. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z At a time when bread cost a quarterpenny a loaf, the value of my mother’s daily labor—by King Edward’s royal decree—was a penny each day; mine, but a farthing. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Then I hopped on an early train to London and didn't pay a penny because there's this trick I know to dodge the ticket collectors. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “Jay sounds like a lawn mower that ran over a penny.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He snapped his thumb and forefinger, and the penny disappeared. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The deputy told me to empty my pockets: two quarters, a penny, a stick of bubble gum, and a roll of grip tape for my skateboard. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The second, Burton Prater, held out his hand, where an ugly penny sat in his palm. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Four hundred and ten dollars was a serious chunk out of his paycheck, but keeping his record spotless was worth every penny. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, but what about my librito. It’s gone, just like my pennies,” I responded. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you have penny bags?” said Michael. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Premiums were only a few pennies each week, with death benefits furnishing little more than a coffin and a burial. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I wrinkle my nose at all the pennies and try to look elsewhere as the woman behind the counter watches Uhmma count. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z He’d bet a pretty penny that they were in that car when it left. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z After thinking of possible excuses, I finally said, “I live too far. I’ll bring my collection to school. It’s not much, just a few Lincoln Head pennies.” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z One Sunday evening, when he emptied the box on the table to count the money, a penny rolled off and landed next to me. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Tristran sat at the top of the spire of cloud and wondered why none of the heroes of the penny dreadfuls he used to read so avidly were ever hungry. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “You the only one. You’re smart to stay away from the general store, though. You go there, your pockets empty real fast. They got the prices so high, even a penny whistle costs two bits!” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z It was worth the walk for me if I could save a couple of pennies. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Where his are the color of a kinda-old penny, hers, though brown-spotted, are so pale he can see the blue of her veins. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z In two years, the British post would become the penny post, which meant that a letter would cost a penny per half ounce no matter where it was going in England. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom is in penny loafers, not high heels. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Across the street in the shade of an awning a shoeshine boy was dancing for pennies. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He tried to count the pennies nailed to the old oak, but there were too many of them and he kept losing count. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Brian and I also collected scrap metal that we sold to the junk dealer for a penny a pound—three cents a pound for copper. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z And Wang Lung marvelled at this and said, “Well, if I have paid my penny what business is it of yours if I carry it within or without me?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z He’ll run messages for old people who can’t walk and if they don’t have a penny to give him a prayer will do. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Working in kitchens, running errands for pennies, I might be able to save that much in a year, if I was lucky. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When they weighed too much, he reportedly cleaned their pockets of their pennies so they couldn’t buy food or locked them up until they starved down to the right weight. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z And how will you get on the boat to Holyhead without a penny in your pocket? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z We were then given money—pennies, nickels, and dimes entrusted to Bailey—and sent to town to buy liver. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Stephanie, all five foot two inches of her, still in her school uniform and penny loafers, marched over to us. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z A receipt always told the whole story, right down to the very last penny. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z She had to pay back every penny, plus six percent extra for interest. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Having spent that much, Lyddie squandered fifty pence more to get the child a beginning reader and a small paper volume of verses that the bookseller recommended. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Neeley had a boxful of “miggies,” small brown and blue speckled marbles made of clay which cost a penny for twenty. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And there they would hang in chartless nothing, seemingly without speed or left or right or top or bottom, until as suddenly as ever the copper penny glowed and the serpents writhed. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “My ma’s near as bad. Every move she makes is aimed at saving up a penny for my sister and me to go to college.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z But Gladys protested that the best one of all was the Mary bank, and she used up all the pennies in her mayonnaise jar to work the miracle. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He rose at two-thirty to run a three-hour paper route, and deposited ail his earnings in the bank, which would swallow every penny when the Depression hit. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Every available penny went for packets of small crackers. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I stole a penny from my mother’s purse. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Uhmma puts down her change: one quarter, two dimes, five nickels, and too many pennies. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z I’d have married you if you hadn’t a penny, and I sometimes wish you were poor that I might show how much I love you.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end of a Saturday, its cash box was filled with greenish pennies. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I take it from him, even though I know I don’t need that penny. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z In fact, it was rather too much aglow, but Penelope was in for a penny, in for a pound, as they say. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z The grocery store was where women gathered to socialize, and children came along hoping for a few pennies for a treat. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z And I think, if thoughts are worth a penny, how much less promises must be worth. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He broke into a huge smile and handed back the penny. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Oh, I’ll warrant you know where to go and what to do. Mind you don’t do wrong, that’s all. Here is a penny; now go—” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “And now I can’t get rid of a single penny’s worth,” he mourned. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Laney still sat next to the register picking through the coins in the little cup that said “Take a penny, leave a penny.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z As a small, worried child, he hid pennies under a floorboard—a “hoard” to protect his family if “evil times” came. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z One round dollar, two quarters, two dimes, and three pennies. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z In November, he paid eighteen pence to a Uruguayan farmer for a piece of a colossal skull of yet another extinct mammal—the rhinolike Toxodon, with giant squirrel teeth—that had once roamed the plains. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “It’s only a penny thing—but it’s pretty.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I split my lip on the last tumble and tasted wet pennies and heavy perfume. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z She was taller than Robin, with glossy dark brown hair, brown skin, and eyes the color of a shiny penny. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Even after a hard winter that had frequently forced me to pay for a warm spot to sleep, my hoard was over twenty iron pennies. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Finally he dug a penny from his purse and handed it to me. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Willie had run off at last, and the new boy and girl weren’t worth two blasts on a penny whistle. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z He balanced pennies on top of my wrists so I would keep them still as I slowly played scales and arpeggios. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z After some more wine I told the story of the jockey who found the penny. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z She looked at her own five pennies realizing happily that they could be changed into a whole nickel. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Mam finds them wandering the streets and if they ask, Could you spare a few pennies, miss? her heart breaks. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Then suddenly, she sprouted curly hair the color of a new penny and started speaking nonstop. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z We’d put a piece of scrap metal-—or a penny, if we were feeling extravagant—on the railroad tracks right before the train came. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The penny under my blouse has gone cold. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Because we gobble up all the nasty little insects that are gobbling up all the farmer’s crops. It helps enormously, and we ourselves don’t charge a penny for our services.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z We took the flowers and dropped two nickels and five pennies in Poncho Man’s guitar case. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I picked up a penny from his hand, stood it in its slot and pulled the knob as far as it would go. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z My penny goes cold, and the sensation is enough to snap me out of my poorly timed ruminations. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z A loose penny was clattering around so loudly in the drink holder that I almost reached up from under the sheet to grab it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z My words were spilling fast, like pennies from a holey pocket. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z A quarter, three dimes, a nickel, and two pennies. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z So instead, my parents tried to scrape together every penny to pay for my sister's college in full. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Under my shirt, my penny has gone to ice. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Crispin,” he said when he saw me standing there, broom in hand, “with the widow demanding two pennies a day for our keep, it’s good to see you working. Where is the good dame?” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z She still had the stupid coin he'd given her, a piece of iron no larger than a penny and rusted along the rim. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I could hear his hands jingling keys and nickels and pennies. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He worked after school and on weekends, and saved every penny he earned. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “It doesn’t cost a penny to be sweet,” she said, smiling down on me. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Why, if I had a penny for each person what axed me if you was a dimwit, I’d be rich as George Washington! The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The swings whirled, the rail around the penny throwing game was always crowded. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z While Vonetta and Fern charged to the counter lined with fishbowls of penny candy, I stood at the door and watched Danny the K push Ellis into the street and almost into a car. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z It tastes of orange Popsicles, penny gumballs, red licorice, gnawed hair, dirty ice. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I reach under my shirt for my penny. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z |
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