fourpence

[ fawr-puhns, fohr- ]

/ ˈfɔr pəns, ˈfoʊr- /

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noun British.

a sum of money of the value of four English pennies.

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Origin of fourpence

First recorded in 1715–25; four + pence

Words nearby fourpence

four of a kind, four old cat, four-on-the-floor, four-part, four-part harmony, fourpence, fourpenny, fourplay, fourplex, fourposter, four questions

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How to use fourpence in a sentence

Fieldfares and Mistletoe Thrushes usually sell at fourpence each, the rest at fourpence a couple.
Birds of Guernsey (1879)|Cecil Smith
The price of tobacco accordingly dropped from fourpence a pound to a halfpenny per pound by 1667.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey
The vendor said he could get fourpence a pound for the whole, and that it made capital Bristol board.
Decline of Science in England|Charles Babbage
I have no money but about fourpence-ha'penny a week for darning stockings, but I have skill with the needle somewhat.
Maid Sally|Harriet A. Cheever

Levy, however, secured the first copy for fourpence in Farringdon Street, earning for his sharpness much praise.
Sinister Street, vol. 1|Compton Mackenzie

British Dictionary definitions for fourpence

fourpence

/ (ˈfɔːpəns) /

noun

a former English silver coin then worth four pennies

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