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TURN A NICE PENNY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does turn a nice penny mean?
• TURN A NICE PENNY (verb)
The verb TURN A NICE PENNY has 1 sense:
1. make a satisfactory profit
Familiarity information: TURN A NICE PENNY used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make a satisfactory profit
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
turn a nice dime; turn a nice dollar; turn a nice penny
Context example:
The company turned a nice dime after a short time
Hypernyms (to "turn a nice penny" is one way to...):
profit; turn a profit (make a profit; gain money or materially)
Sentence frames:
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