Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

the bad penny always comes back

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.02 in modern English

Syllables
the bad pen-ny al-ways -comes back
IPA
55
Scrabble Score
26
Letters
4
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

Alternative form of a bad penny always turns up.

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What does the bad penny always comes back mean?
Alternative form of a bad penny always turns up.

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