ninepence
Americannoun
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(used with a plural verb) nine pennies.
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a former shilling of Great Britain, issued under Elizabeth I for use in Ireland, debased so that it was used in England as a ninepenny piece.
Etymology
Origin of ninepence
Example Sentences
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He was like somebody from a John Buchan novel – the second son of Baron Balerno, educated at Glenalmond and Cambridge and commissioned in the Gordon Highlanders – and being as nice as ninepence.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 9, 2010
"Real English tomatoes are in such demand that they mostly sell for ninepence the pound, and never less than eight!"
From Time Magazine Archive
The room, a salvaged bit of cellar with a 2 by 3 ft. window, was as neat as ninepence.
From Time Magazine Archive
A ninepence a gallon increase in the gasoline tax.
From Time Magazine Archive
N. Nimepunce, ninepence, twelve and a half cents.
From Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole by James Russell Lowell
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