penny packet

noun

A small number of things or people; a small group.

First used 1940s
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Meanings

nounpenny packet (plural penny packets)

plural penny packets

  1. A small number of things or people; a small group.First known use 1940s
adjectivepenny packet (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePaltry; insignificant.First known use 1940s

    Scattered across the four corners of Algeria, it was employed […] like the penny-packet handling of the French armour which had brought such disaster in 1940.

    1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 331
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APA

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MLA

“penny packet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/penny%20packet. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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