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sevenpence

sevenpence noun: the value of seven old pennies.

Noun

sevenpence (countable and uncountable, plural sevenpences)

  1. (UK, obsolete) The value of seven old pennies.
    • A newspaper cost sevenpence; there were no national schools or Sunday schools, no penny publications, no penny postage, no railways, no gas, and no free libraries, and no free education!1895, F. J. Cross, Beneath the Banner
    • "A Costermonger in this street," says Crabbe, "finding lately that his rope of onions, which he hoped would have brought a shilling, was to go for only sevenpence henceforth, burst forth into lamentation, execration and the most pathetic tears.1850, Thomas Carlyle, Latter-Day Pamphlets

Forms of sevenpence

pluralsevenpences

Origin of sevenpence

From seven + pence.

Questions about sevenpence

What does sevenpence mean?
Sevenpence means the value of seven old pennies.
What part of speech is sevenpence?
Sevenpence is a noun.
What is the plural of sevenpence?
The plural of sevenpence is sevenpences.

Words near sevenpence in the dictionary

  1. sevenness
  2. sevennight
  3. sevennights
  4. Sevenoaks
  5. Sevenoaks Weald
  6. sevenpence
  7. sevenpences
  8. sevenpenny
  9. sevenplex
  10. sevenplexes
  11. sevens

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