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penury
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
penury
(noun)
penury
/
ˈ
pɛnjəri/
noun
penury
/
ˈ
pɛnjəri/
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of PENURY
[
noncount
]
formal
:
the state of being very poor
:
extreme poverty
struggling with
penury
living in
penury
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