fourpenny
Americanadjective
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Carpentry.
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noting a nail 1.5 inches (3.8 centimeters) long.
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noting certain fine nails 1.375 inches (3.5 centimeters) long. 4d
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British. of the amount or value of fourpence.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of fourpenny
First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English. See four, penny
Example Sentences
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When he was a child-actor in London he used to steal waitresses' fourpenny tips to eke out his meagre lunches.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Us'll 'ave a fourpenny doss outer this," said Beale.
From Harding's luck by Millar, H. R. (Harold Robert)
Never a month but I’ve given you a silver fourpenny for yourself.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Swanston Edition Vol. 6 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
There was a clergyman for you, of a very different pattern from that other, who gave, every Sunday, a fourpenny piece wrapped carefully in a piece of paper, to be divided among the waitresses!
From Black Diamonds by Jókai, Mór
I druv’ five on ’em down yesterday, and they gev’ me a shilling and a fourpenny amongst the whole lot.
From Tales from Blackwood Volume 9 by Various
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