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sevenpences

sevenpences is the plural of sevenpence.

Meaning of sevenpence

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

Questions about sevenpences

What is sevenpences the plural of?
Sevenpences is the plural of sevenpence.

Words near sevenpences in the dictionary

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

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