cartwheel n Cp NID ~ n 1 c 'twopenny copper coin issued in England in 1797.' Attrib cartwheel penny: large Newfoundland copper coin of the nineteenth century; two-penny piece.
   1957 Daily News 10 Aug, p. 2 With a penny (we used to call it a cent then for a cartwheel penny was worth two cents) we could buy two all-day suckers. Q 71-13 ~ worth two cents. It is often referred to as a big penny.

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