Definition of "pennilessness" []

• The state or quality of being penniless. (noun)

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• "I look not to Republicans as the cause of my imminent and literal pennilessness."
• "There was nothing particularly funny about his current plight to Twain, who clung literally to his last dime, afraid, he said, that complete pennilessness “might suggest suicide.”"
• "To hear her tell it, rich, supportive husbands are always dropping dead of heart attacks, or going to the loony bin, or running off with the secretary, leaving poor “Patsy” on the perilous precipice of pennilessness."