pennyweight

[ pen-ee-weyt ]

/ ˈpɛn iˌweɪt /

(in troy weight) a unit of 24 grains or 1/20 of an ounce (1.56 grams). Abbreviation: dwt, pwt

Origin of pennyweight

1350–1400; Middle English penyweight, Old English penega gewihte. See penny, weight

"Gold's worth $21 an ounce and that's about a pennyweight, I guess," encouraged Archie.

The Pike's Peak Rush |Edwin L. Sabin
A pennyweight, according to the old saying, is enough; for being thus used it bringeth two commodities.

Nooks and Corners of English Life, Past and Present |John Timbs
Forty thousand ounces of gold, mates, not a pennyweight less?'

Grif |B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
True, she has got no more than her deserts; she has paid for her success, every pennyweight of it, in hard work and self-denial.

Grey Roses |Henry Harland

You shall stand on your conditions now; you shall have your pennyweight and full advantage, and the rigour of the pact.

Count Hannibal |Stanley J. Weyman

pennyweight

/ (ˈpɛnɪˌweɪt) /

a unit of weight equal to 24 grains or one twentieth of an ounce (Troy)