sevenpenny

American  

[sev-uhn-pen-ee] / ˈsɛv ənˌpɛn i /

adjective

1. noting a nail 2¼ inches (6 centimeters) long. 7d

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Etymology

Origin of sevenpenny

First recorded in 1350–1400 for earlier sense “costing seven pence”; Middle English; see seven, penny ( def. )

Example Sentences

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sevenpenny

I also bought off him a couple of well-worn sevenpenny novels.

From Mr. Standfast by John Buchan

There were boots, socks, shaving-tackle, maps, packets of chocolate, and books of every size, but chiefly of the ever-blessed sevenpenny type.

From All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand by Ian Hay

The Examiner has let down its price from a tenpenny to a sevenpenny.

From Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats by Barnette Miller

It is comforting to perceive that this wickedness on the part of the sevenpenny reprint cannot indefinitely continue.

From Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 by Arnold Bennett

There were books about, many books; sevenpenny editions of novels that hadn’t fallen quite stillborn from the press, and one or two by Wells and Lawrence and Somerset Maugham.

From The Rustle of Silk by Cosmo Hamilton