tenpenny
[ten-pen-ee, -puh-nee]
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adjective
noting a nail 3 inches (7.6 cm) in length. Symbol: 10d.
worth or costing 10 cents.
Origin of tenpenny
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Historical Examples of tenpenny
They scowled at him as if they were mad enough to bite off the heads of tenpenny nails.
Welsh Fairy TalesWilliam Elliott Griffis
Like Thoreau, I believe I could live on a tenpenny nail, if it comes to that.
The Sea and the JungleH. M. Tomlinson
The Examiner has let down its price from a tenpenny to a sevenpenny.
Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and KeatsBarnette Miller
You have disgraced your family long enough in that old black rag, or in something made of tenpenny muslin!
The Tree of KnowledgeMrs. Baillie Reynolds
I looked at them for a while in wonderment, and at last I threw out a "tenpenny" in the midst.
The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II)Charles James Lever
tenpenny
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