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poundsworth

poundsworth noun: an amount of something worth some number of pounds sterling.

Noun

poundsworth (uncountable)

  1. (rare) An amount of something worth some number of pounds sterling.
    • Aren't I so tied to my house and shop here where I have thousands of poundsworth of stuff […] that I should starve if I left them behind me.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London
    • […] a poundsworth of Greek Drachmas to start us off when we arrived in Athens, and £2 in Jugoslav dinars.2017, Richard Pike, Bright Tracks, page 4

Questions about poundsworth

What does poundsworth mean?
Poundsworth means an amount of something worth some number of pounds sterling.
What part of speech is poundsworth?
Poundsworth is a noun.

Words near poundsworth in the dictionary

  1. pounds the pavement
  2. pounds-mass
  3. Poundstock
  4. Poundstone
  5. Poundstones
  6. poundsworth
  7. poundworth
  8. poundworths
  9. poupard
  10. Poupart
  11. Poupart's ligament

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