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tenner

[ ten-er ]

noun

, Informal.
  1. a 10-dollar bill.
  2. British. a 10-pound note.


tenner

/ ˈtɛnə /

noun

    1. a ten-pound note
    2. the sum of ten pounds
  1. a ten-dollar bill
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tenner1

First recorded in 1840–50; ten + -er 1
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Example Sentences

Give 'im good weather an' a lot o' women, 'n' he'll batter his tenner ev'ry day.

They have no essential bearing upon this, my tale, which is no love story, for love and E. Van Tenner were strangers.

The protrusive jaw was thrust up under E. Van Tenner's retiring nose.

Its reluctance was quite uncanny until E. Van Tenner observed that in some way the pencil had got afoul of the pocket flap.

"A colloquial expression of the philosophy of indifference," observed E. Van Tenner with a smile.

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