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Significats de pennilessness en anglès

A state of lacking money.

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        Examples for "penuriousness"
        Examples for "penuriousness"
        1
        I blushed for this pettiness amid grandeur, and penuriousness surrounded by luxury.
        The Magic Skin
        2
        Steadily he persisted in what seemed to us a growing penuriousness.
        All's for the Best
        3
        He had so often remonstrated with Agatha about her penuriousness as concerned stationery.
        The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck: A Comedy of Limitations
        4
        The thrift of New England did often shrivel into penuriousness.
        A Little Girl in Old Salem
        5
        This is enough to make up for any degree of scientific penuriousness or jealousy.
        The Autobiography of Charles Darwin
        1
        She liked him the better for a rugged independence, which in the days of his impecuniousness her brother Fillmore had never dreamed of exhibiting.
        The Adventures of Sally
        2
        Impecuniousness is the curse of many an ex-con, if you'll pardon the term.
        Long time coming: a novel
        Ús de pennilessness en anglès
        1
        And she could weigh against that the absolute pennilessness of her baronet-son.
        The Way We Live Now
        2
        Christopherson's face was sufficient answer; it reminded me of his pennilessness.
        The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories
        3
        To his dire and utter pennilessness, Cousin Tryphena's tiny income seemed a fortune.
        Hillsboro People
        4
        They lived in dread of the pettiest casual expense, for the day of pennilessness was again approaching.
        New Grub Street
        5
        She had few relatives, and none of them had any intention of burdening themselves with her pennilessness.
        Emily Fox-Seton / Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The M...
        6
        My efforts are utterly vain; I suppose the prospect of pennilessness is itself a hindrance; the fear haunts me.
        New Grub Street
        7
        To-morrow Helen might be mistress of a bonanza; to-morrow she might be, as she was to-night, a girl but briefly removed from pennilessness.
        The Desert Valley
        Pennilessness a través del temps