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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of pennilessness when my friend interrupted to ask whether I planned on entering my book in the new Writing Australia Unpublished Manuscript award.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

To his dire and utter pennilessness, Cousin Tryphena's tiny income seemed a fortune.

From Hillsboro People by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

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

The prospect of abject pennilessness filled the damsel's eyes with woe.

From The Belovéd Vagabond by William John Locke


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