pennilessness
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I’d spent an hour moaning over my latte about my state of pennilessness when my friend interrupted to ask whether I planned on entering my book in the new Writing Australia Unpublished Manuscript award.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 4, 2013
She had wanted to wear her sister’s elaborate wedding dress, but their pennilessness called for something less formal.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
He had patients, too, whose inveterate pennilessness he could swear cheerfully to—"since you want to bolt from your own money," he remarked.
From Lin McLean by Owen Wister
And she could weigh against that the absolute pennilessness of her baronet-son.
From The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope
She knew that he could not marry Lucy, because of her pennilessness and his indebtedness; and therefore she had taken the trouble to see Lucy with the view of making things straight on that side.
From The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope
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