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tenpenny

tenpenny adjective: having a value or cost of tenpence. Also the ellipsis of tenpenny nail.

Adjective

tenpenny (not comparable)

  1. Having a value or cost of tenpence.

Noun

tenpenny (plural tenpennies)

  1. (archaic) A coin worth ten pence.
    • A course of eighteen lessons was paid for by two tenpennies.1825, Henry Blake, Letters from the Irish Highlands, page 311

Proper noun capitalized: Tenpenny

Tenpenny (plural Tenpennys)

  1. A surname.

Also used as

tenpenny is also the ellipsis of tenpenny nail.

Synonyms of tenpenny

  • ten-penny
  • ten penny

Forms of tenpenny

Noun
pluraltenpennies
Proper noun
pluralTenpennys

Origin of tenpenny

From ten + penny.

Words formed from tenpenny

Phrases with tenpenny

Questions about tenpenny

What does tenpenny mean?
Tenpenny means having a value or cost of tenpence.
What part of speech is tenpenny?
Tenpenny can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.

Words near tenpenny in the dictionary

  1. tenoxicam
  2. tenpence
  3. tenpence to the shilling
  4. tenpences
  5. tenpennies
  6. tenpenny
  7. tenpenny nail
  8. tenpenny nails
  9. Tenpennys
  10. tenpercenteries
  11. tenpercentery

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