Truepenny Definition
tro͝opĕnē
noun
An honest, trustworthy person.
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1820, Sir Walter Scott, The Monastery, ch. 14.
"Ha!" said Christie, "art thou there, old Truepenny? here, stable me these steeds, and see them well bedded."
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1870, Wilkie Collins, Man and Wife, ch. 25.
"Duncan! you are, what I call, a clear-minded man. Well worth thinking of, old Truepenny!"
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1916, Sherwood Anderson, Windy McPherson's Son, ch. 3.
"Hear me, Father Almighty. . . . Are you there, old Truepenny?"
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