Green’s Dictionary of Slang

penny-a-mile n.

[rhy. sl.]

1. a hat [= tile n.].

[UK]Partridge DSUE (8th edn) 868/1: from ca. 1870.

2. the head [ext. of sense 1].

[UK]Partridge DSUE (8th edn) 868/1: C.19–20.
[UK]R. Puxley Cockney Rabbit.

3. a smile.

[UK]J. Franklyn Dict. Rhy. Sl.
[UK]Dodson & Saczek Dict. of Cockney Rhy. Sl.
[UK]R. Puxley Cockney Rabbit.