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Meanings of bad pennies in English

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Usage of bad pennies in English
1
Such fellows are always turning up, like bad pennies, or a one-eyed dog.
The Port of Missing Men
2
The lost treasure is sure to turn up again, like all bad pennies, to-morrow.
The Princess Passes
3
Always the pair, like a couple a' bad pennies.
Nemesis
4
So the bad pennies turn up.
Police Your Planet
5
Ronald and Malcolm aye fall on their legs, and we shall see them back again like two bad pennies.
Bonnie Prince Charlie : a Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden
6
In this country boys are too valuable to be lost, even if they do turn up again like bad pennies.
Wakulla: a story of adventure in Florida
7
Husbands are like bad pennies; and wives resemble the cat whose adventures have been commemorated by one of our really popular poets.
The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck: A Comedy of Limitations
8
Bad pennies always return, they say.
Aunt Jane's Nieces
9
Bad pennies always turned up.
IT
10
"I expect you will all turn up again, like bad pennies, before many days have gone."
With Buller in Natal, Or, a Born Leader
11
Audio Nights for Tuesday 17 January 2009 7 pm News & Weather 7:15 Bad Pennies Jez Lowe, Folk Musician.
Radio NZ
12
" Bad pennies continue to turn up."
The bourne objective
13
"Lulu, like myself, is one of those people that need never be worried about-thebad pennies that always turn up again."
Elsie at Nantucket
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