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Date "FEE-PENNY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1898. (references)

Specialty Definition: FEE-PENNY

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LiteratureFee-penny A fine for money overdue. Sir Thomas Gresham often wrote for money "in order to save the fee-penny." Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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