Definitions for spend a penny
spend a pen·ny

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1. make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass waterverb

   eliminate urine

   "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug"

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1. spend a pennyverb

   To use the toilet.

2. Etymology: from the act of putting a (pre-decimal) penny in the slot of a pay-toilet

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1. spend a penny

   Urination, also known as micturition, is the release of urine from the urinary bladder through the urethra to the outside of the body. It is the urinary system's form of excretion. It is also known medically as micturition, voiding, uresis, or, rarely, emiction, and known colloquially by various names including peeing, weeing, and pissing. In healthy humans (and many other animals), the process of urination is under voluntary control. In infants, some elderly individuals, and those with neurological injury, urination may occur as a reflex. It is normal for adult humans to urinate up to seven times during the day.In some animals, in addition to expelling waste material, urination can mark territory or express submissiveness. Physiologically, urination involves coordination between the central, autonomic, and somatic nervous systems. Brain centres that regulate urination include the pontine micturition center, periaqueductal gray, and the cerebral cortex. In placental mammals, urine is drained through the urinary meatus, a urethral opening in the male penis or female vulval vestibule.: 38, 364 

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1. spend a penny

   "Spend a penny" is a British English idiom which means to use a public restroom. The phrase originated in the late 19th to early 20th century when public restrooms in the UK required a penny for use. Although public toilets are now mostly free, the phrase is still used colloquially to refer to going to the bathroom.

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How to pronounce spend a penny?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Neerja

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How to say spend a penny in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of spend a penny in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of spend a penny in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of spend a penny in a Sentence

1. Raymond Martin:

   In London, this is where the phrase' spend a penny' came from, as it cost a penny to use these facilities -- the equivalent of buying a loaf of bread in those days.

2. Liu Kun:

   We will not spend a penny that is not supposed to be spent, and we'll strive to guarantee the money that is supposed to be spent.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=spend a penny
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Spend_A_Penny
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spend_A_Penny
4. ^ ChatGPT
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