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eightpenny

eightpenny adjective: having a value or cost of eightpence.

Adjective

eightpenny (not comparable)

  1. Having a value or cost of eightpence.
    • In the eightpenny dormitories the beds are comfortable, but there are so many of them (as a rule at least forty to a room), and so close together, that it is impossible to get a quiet night.1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XXXVII, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], →OCLC

Origin of eightpenny

From eight + penny.

Words formed from eightpenny

Phrases with eightpenny

Questions about eightpenny

What does eightpenny mean?
Eightpenny means having a value or cost of eightpence.
What part of speech is eightpenny?
Eightpenny is an adjective.

Words near eightpenny in the dictionary

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

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