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sevenpence

sevenpence (plural only)

1. (UK, obsolete) The value of seven old pennies.
   • 1895, F. J. Cross, Beneath the Banner^[1]:

     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!

   • 1850, Thomas Carlyle, Latter-Day Pamphlets^[2]:

     ""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.

Definizione dizionario sevenpence

Altri significati:

(UK, obsolete) The value of seven old pennies.

(UK, obsolete, rare) Construed as singular.