sevenpenny

American  

[sev-uhn-pen-ee] / ˈsɛv ənˌpɛn i /

adjective

1. noting a nail 2¼ inches (6 centimeters) long. 7d

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Etymology

Origin of sevenpenny

First recorded in 1350–1400 for earlier sense “costing seven pence”; Middle English; see seven, penny ( def. )

Example Sentences

There, by the aid of a sputtering candle, I sought diversion in the shape of a sevenpenny novel that some kindly soul had forgotten in his haste to be relieved.

From From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st Canadian brigade by Curry, Frederic C.

For when there are no six-shilling novels to reprint, obviously there can be no sevenpenny reprints of them.

From Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 by Bennett, Arnold

I have heard from dozens of people in the trade that Messrs. Nelson could not possibly make the sevenpenny reprint pay.

From Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 by Bennett, Arnold

Almost every available bit of wall-space was taken up with book-cases groaning under the weight of volumes of all sizes and ages, from the leatherbound tomes of the late Stuart period to the modern "sevenpenny."

From Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

The Examiner has let down its price from a tenpenny to a sevenpenny.

From Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats by Miller, Barnette