elevenpence
elevenpence noun: the value of eleven old pennies.
Noun
elevenpence (countable and uncountable, plural elevenpences)
- the value of eleven old pennies
- Now the dealer was a young man, who did not know the ways of Castellybryn, and he was aware that the first dealer was a big buyer and a cunning bargainer; so he purchased the butter for elevenpence farthing a pound, being a farthing a pound above the market price of that day.1915, Caradoc Evans, “A Heifer without Blemish”, in My People: Stories of the Peasantry of West Wales, New York: Boni & Liveright, published 1918, page 35
Forms of elevenpence
| plural | elevenpences |
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Origin of elevenpence
From eleven + pence.
Questions about elevenpence
- What does elevenpence mean?
- Elevenpence means the value of eleven old pennies.
- What part of speech is elevenpence?
- Elevenpence is a noun.
- What is the plural of elevenpence?
- The plural of elevenpence is elevenpences.
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