Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spending a penny

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

Syllables
spend-ing a pen-ny
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of spend a penny

Questions

What does spending a penny mean?
present participle and gerund of spend a penny

How to pronounce spending a penny

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