English · Idiom Candidate

ten a penny

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Very common or abundant

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

rất phổ biến hoặc dồi dào

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Literally: ten for a penny

Where it’s used: Used Widespread English

Examples

Dallams were ten a penny in the backstreets of Frizingley.

All good stable I'm talking about, I'm not talking about ten - a - penny ones, you know?

British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-31; pending editor spot-check.

Topics: Money

Common questions

What does “ten a penny” mean?

Very common or abundant Literally: ten for a penny

Is “ten a penny” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.