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pretty penny
adjective as in dear
Strongest match
adjective as in expensive
noun as in king's ransom
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Example Sentences
Many who pay a pretty penny for a trench chalk it up to nostalgia.
The owner of Anabolic had paid a pretty penny for this location.
"Ay, and a pretty penny it has cost us to fetch it," said John.
But she shall have it all back again, my boy, and a pretty penny on the top of it, if you can keep a secret.
Three of them are now away from home at school; and the four cost a pretty penny to educate.
If the salt were not dissolved and could be brought to market, it would fetch a pretty penny among the fishermen.
"This day's work will cost you a pretty penny, Messers Look and Sproul," she shrilled.
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On this page you'll find 80 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pretty penny, such as: valuable, fancy, high, steep, stiff, and an arm and a leg.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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