fivepenny

American  

[fahyv-pen-ee] / ˈfaɪvˌpɛn i /

adjective

1. noting a nail 1.75 inches (4.4 centimeters) long. 5d

2. worth five pence.

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fivepenny British  

/ ˈfaɪvpənɪ /

adjective

1. (prenominal) (of a nail) one and three-quarters of an inch in length

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Etymology

Origin of fivepenny

First recorded in 1790–1800; five + penny ( def. 6 )

Example Sentences

Having written a fivepenny pamphlet, An Address to the Irish People, he stood in the balcony of his lodgings in Lower Sackville Street, and threw copies to the passers-by.

From The Art of Letters by Lynd, Robert

Fanny made a drawing of him, and he and his dogs sat for a fivepenny, which I honestly gave him for his and his dogs' tricks.

From The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 1 by Hare, Augustus J. C.

The dormitories, both of the fivepenny class on the ground floor and of the threepenny class upstairs, are kept scrupulously sweet and clean, and attached to them are lavatories and baths.

From Regeneration by Haggard, Henry Rider

He's got a head like a pierrot's cap and it's as bald as a fivepenny egg, when it ought to be beautifully rounded and covered with crisp curly hair.

From Malcolm Sage, Detective by Jenkins, Herbert George

Spectator, No. 454: "I went afterwards to Robin's, and saw people who had dined with me at the fivepenny ordinary just before, give bills for the value of large estates."

From The Journal to Stella by Swift, Jonathan