fourpence
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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 SmithThe price of tobacco accordingly dropped from fourpence a pound to a halfpenny per pound by 1667.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyThe vendor said he could get fourpence a pound for the whole, and that it made capital Bristol board.
Decline of Science in England | Charles BabbageI 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. CheeverLevy, 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
/ (ˈfɔːpəns) /
a former English silver coin then worth four pennies
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