Crossword-Solution: PENNYWEIGHT
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Pennyweight | n. | A troy weight containing twenty-four grains, or the twentieth part of an ounce; as, a pennyweight of gold or of arsenic. It was anciently the weight of a silver penny, whence the name. |
We have 4 clues for the answer “PENNYWEIGHT”
| Clue | Answers |
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| 24 grains. | 1 answer |
| Twentieth of an ounce | 1 answer |
| an old unit of weight | 1 answer |
| Jeweler's unit | 3 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who elects, or has the right of choice; a person who
is entitled to take part in an election, or to give his vote in favor
of a candidate for office.
Hint 2 anagram
CLREOTE
Hint 3 another clue
A BALLOT CAST BY A VOTER WHO VOTES FOR ALL THE CANDIDATES OF ONE PARTY
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Sentences with PENNYWEIGHT (5)
Filer, ‘by the estimated number of existing widows and orphans, and the result will be one pennyweight of tripe to each.
The trees, burdened with the last infinitesimal pennyweight of snow their branches could hold, stood in absolute petrifaction.
Equilibrium, however, was restored by the addition of a pennyweight and five grains to the opposite side.
Behind these came the great army of fossickers, washers of surface-dirt, equipped with knives and tin-dishes, and content if they could wash out half-a-pennyweight to the dish.
The principal gullies about Bendigo are Sailors's, Napoleon, Pennyweight, Peg Leg, Growler's, White Horse, Eagle Hawk, Californian, American, Derwent, Long, Picaninny, Iron Bark, Black Man's, Poor Man's, Dusty, Jim Crow, Spring, and Golden--also Sydney Flat, and Specimen Hill--Haverton Gully, and the Sheep-wash.
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Appears in: Newsday, NYT, USA TODAY.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1965–2008).