penny for the guy

penny for the guy

dated A phrase said on Guy Fawkes Day, November 5, by children collecting money for fireworks. (Fawkes was a conspirator in the thwarted Gunpowder Plot, which would have killed King James I and blown up Parliament on November 5, 1605.) Primarily heard in UK. A: "Penny for the guy? Sir? Penny for the guy?" B: "Ah yes, here you go."
See also: guy, penny
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • remember, remember, the fifth of November
  • a guy thing
  • guy thing
  • Mr Nice Guy
  • Mr. Nice Guy
  • big guy
  • crackbrain
  • girl thing/guy thing
  • (as) bent as a nine-bob note
  • (as) queer as a nine-bob note