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A substantial, considerable, or expensive amount of money.
"Restoring that antique sports car cost him a pretty penny."
"Their new beachfront home must have cost a pretty penny."
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Multiple primary words begin with the consonant sound 'P', generating rhythmic oral cadence.
18th-century British colloquialism where "pretty" carried its archaic meaning of "considerable" or "handsome" in magnitude.
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