A considerable sum of money, as in That fur coat must have cost a pretty penny. [Early 1700s]
| Idioms: pretty penny, a |
A considerable sum of money, as in That fur coat must have cost a pretty penny. [Early 1700s]
| pretty (Idiom) | |
| pretty much (Idiom) | |
| penny (Idiom) |
| Put the words crazy dinner over penny diner paper happy pretty even ruler puppy kitten later tiger rabbit open tiny lesson summer and busy in ABC order order? | |
| That you are pretty? | |
| Will you be pretty? |
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