PRETTY PENNY, A Definition & Meaning

pretty penny, a

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A considerable sum of money, as in That fur coat must have cost a pretty penny . [Early 1700s]

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And if he had spoken to me on the subject I might have saved him a pretty penny—a precious deal more than the paltry sum which he and I had a quarrel about at that time—a matter of business, sir—a pecuniary difference about a small three months' thing which caused a temporary estrangement between us.

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