英语词汇“to turn an honest penny”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. to turn a penny, †to turn the penny, †to wind the penny: to use one's money profitably; to make money. Now usually in to turn an honest penny: to earn an honest living or profit (see honest adj. 4c).

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society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > get or make money [verb (intransitive)] > make profit

win1340

to wind the penny1546

vantage1563

to turn a profit1843

to do well out of1857

society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > get or make money [verb (intransitive)] > make profit > honestly

to turn an honest penny1887

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ix. sig. Kiv^v Towne ware was your ware, to tourne the peny.

1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ i. xl. 82 Ther is no State that winds the peny more nimbly, and makes quicker returns.

1691 J. Dunton Voy. round World II. i. 179 I can assure 'em by my own Experience, t'has turn'd a penny these hard times.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 452. ¶4 A Projector, who is willing to turn a Penny by this remarkable Curiosity of his Countrymen.

1723 H. Wanley Diary 23 May (1966) II. 225 He..has offer'd his book to sale in many different places, without ever being able to turn the penny.

1792 M. Wollstonecraft Vindic. Rights Woman xii Not allowed to dispose of money, or call anything their own, they learn to turn the market penny.

1869 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast (rev. ed.) Epil. 466 Bennett..set up a stall,..where he could see all the passers-by, and turn a penny by cakes and ale.

1887 E. E. Money Little Dutch Maiden (1888) 5 Lucas had been sent across the seas to turn the ‘honest penny’ and pick up some gold.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 439 A poor foreign immigrant who started scratch as a stowaway and is now trying to turn an honest penny.

1997 Sunday Times 26 Oct. (Mag.) 19/1 The best way for any modern writer to turn a quick penny is to tell us about his Crack-Up.

单词	to turn an honest penny
释义	> as lemmas to turn an honest penny b. to turn a penny, †to turn the penny, †to wind the penny: to use one's money profitably; to make money. Now usually in to turn an honest penny: to earn an honest living or profit (see honest adj. 4c). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > get or make money [verb (intransitive)] > make profit win1340 to wind the penny1546 vantage1563 to turn a profit1843 to do well out of1857 society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > get or make money [verb (intransitive)] > make profit > honestly to turn an honest penny1887 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ix. sig. Kiv^v Towne ware was your ware, to tourne the peny. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ i. xl. 82 Ther is no State that winds the peny more nimbly, and makes quicker returns. 1691 J. Dunton Voy. round World II. i. 179 I can assure 'em by my own Experience, t'has turn'd a penny these hard times. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 452. ¶4 A Projector, who is willing to turn a Penny by this remarkable Curiosity of his Countrymen. 1723 H. Wanley Diary 23 May (1966) II. 225 He..has offer'd his book to sale in many different places, without ever being able to turn the penny. 1792 M. Wollstonecraft Vindic. Rights Woman xii Not allowed to dispose of money, or call anything their own, they learn to turn the market penny. 1869 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast (rev. ed.) Epil. 466 Bennett..set up a stall,..where he could see all the passers-by, and turn a penny by cakes and ale. 1887 E. E. Money Little Dutch Maiden (1888) 5 Lucas had been sent across the seas to turn the ‘honest penny’ and pick up some gold. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 439 A poor foreign immigrant who started scratch as a stowaway and is now trying to turn an honest penny. 1997 Sunday Times 26 Oct. (Mag.) 19/1 The best way for any modern writer to turn a quick penny is to tell us about his Crack-Up. extracted from pennyn. < as lemmas
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