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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
... 'a metal container for cooking'. in for a penny, in for a pound if one is to be
involved at all, it may as well be fully; proverbial saying, late 17th century. not
have a penny to bless oneself with be completely impoverished; alluding to the
cross on ...
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Allen's Dictionary of English Phrases
not have a penny to bless oneself with to be impoverished or destitute: the
allusion is either to the representation of a cross on former English silver pennies
or to the former practice of crossing oneself, or another person's palm, with a
piece of ...
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Oxford Dictionary of English
not have a penny to bless oneself with dated be comV- pletely impoverished. [
alluding to the cross on an old silver penny or to the practice of crossing a
person's palm with silver for luck.] – origin Old English ble ̄dsian, ble ̄tsian,
based on ...
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Reader's Digest Oxford complete wordfinder
(God) bless you! 1 an exclamation of endearment, gratitude, etc. 2 an
exclamation made to a person who has just sneezed. I'm (or well, I'm) blessed an
exclamation of surprise, etc. not have a penny to bless oneself with Brit, be
impoverished.
Reader's Digest Association, 1996