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elevenpenny

elevenpenny adjective: having a value or cost of elevenpence.

Adjective

elevenpenny (not comparable)

  1. Having a value or cost of elevenpence.
    • So was the glance of innocent inquiry she cast at Miss Gimblet and her friend, a glance that priced with deadly accuracy their three and sixpenny shoes and their two and elevenpenny blouses.1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 99

Origin of elevenpenny

From eleven + penny.

Questions about elevenpenny

What does elevenpenny mean?
Elevenpenny means having a value or cost of elevenpence.
What part of speech is elevenpenny?
Elevenpenny is an adjective.

Words near elevenpenny in the dictionary

  1. elevenies
  2. elevenish
  3. elevenness
  4. elevenpence
  5. elevenpences
  6. elevenpenny
  7. elevens
  8. elevenscore
  9. elevenses
  10. elevensies
  11. elevensome

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