yenny

Y4E1N1N1Y4

noun

One yen (unit of Japanese currency); a coin worth one yen.

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Meanings

nounyenny (plural yennies)

plural yennies

  1. informalOne yen (unit of Japanese currency); a coin worth one yen.

    Went down to see the friendly gas peopl^([sic]) the other day. After I made it clear that I wasn't really in the mood to pay 650,000 little yennies for an oven, they relented and gave me the general lowdown on the kind of oven I need to get.

    1996 May 29, Victor Murray, “Re: Wanted: A real oven”, in fj.life.in-japan (Usenet)

Origin

From yen + -y (diminutive suffix), probably influenced by penny.

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APA

yenny. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yenny

MLA

“yenny.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yenny. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yenny,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yenny.

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