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eightpence

eightpence noun: a former coin worth eight pence; the monetary amount of eight pence.

Noun

eightpence (countable and uncountable, plural eightpences)

  1. (historical) A former coin worth eight pence; the monetary amount of eight pence.
    • […] I went for a night to a lodging-house in Bow, where the charge was only eightpence.1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XXV, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], →OCLC

Forms of eightpence

pluraleightpences

Origin of eightpence

From eight + pence.

Questions about eightpence

What does eightpence mean?
Eightpence means a former coin worth eight pence; the monetary amount of eight pence.
What part of speech is eightpence?
Eightpence is a noun.
What is the plural of eightpence?
The plural of eightpence is eightpences.

Words near eightpence in the dictionary

  1. eightk
  2. eightlike
  3. eightling
  4. eightlings
  5. eightness
  6. eightpence
  7. eightpences
  8. eightpenny
  9. eightpenny nail
  10. eightpenny nails
  11. eightpetal

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