penny packet

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penny packet

noun penny packets

A small number of things or people; a small group.

adjective

not comparable Paltry; insignificant. Scattered across the four corners of Algeria, it was employed […] like the penny-packet handling of the French armour which had brought such disaster in 1940.

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@misc{penny_packet_2026,
  title = {penny packet},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/penny%20packet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}