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pretty penny

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[pretty penny] {n. phr.}

A large amount of money.

* /Their new house is so big and modern that we're sure it must have cost them a pretty penny./

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	money ⁸⁰ {n. phr.} ⁵³⁰

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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