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eighteenpenny

eighteenpenny adjective: having a value or cost of eighteenpence.

Adjective

eighteenpenny (not comparable)

  1. Having a value or cost of eighteenpence.
    • On his head he wore one of the common eighteenpenny French skull-caps, with a gawdy tassel dangling therefrom, very happily in keeping with a common fustian coat.1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC

Origin of eighteenpenny

From eighteen + penny.

Questions about eighteenpenny

What does eighteenpenny mean?
Eighteenpenny means having a value or cost of eighteenpence.
What part of speech is eighteenpenny?
Eighteenpenny is an adjective.

Words near eighteenpenny in the dictionary

  1. eighteenish
  2. eighteenmo
  3. eighteenmos
  4. eighteenpence
  5. eighteenpences
  6. eighteenpenny
  7. eighteens
  8. eighteenth
  9. eighteenthly
  10. eighteenths
  11. eighter from Decatur

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