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eightpenny

[eyt-pen-ee]

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adjective

noting a nail 2½ inches (64 mm) long.

costing or amounting to the sum of eight pennies. Symbol: 8d

Origin of eightpenny

First recorded in 1490–1500; eight + penny(def 5)

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for eightpenny

Historical Examples of eightpenny

The large fivepenny, sixpenny, eightpenny, and shilling often had unusually wide margins when perforated.
Peeps at Postage Stamps
Stanley Currie Johnson
Eightpenny finishing nails are the best, three in each board, the heads being driven in to admit of puttying.
Harper's Young People, July 12, 1881
Various
From John Blane, during the same year, he purchased 2500 tenpenny nails and the same quantity of eightpenny nails.
The Cultural History of Marlborough, Virginia
C. Malcolm Watkins