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noun
The activity of pennying in general, as part of a meal or drinking game, whereby dropping a penny in a person's drink means that they must finish it (or some such variation thereof); commonly associated with crewdates at Oxford and swaps at Cambridge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Qualifier: Oxbridge slang
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noun
An act of pennying, as part of a meal or drinking game.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncommon
Qualifier: Oxbridge slang
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verb
present participle and gerund of penny
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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