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Definition of Fourpence
1. Noun. A former English silver coin worth four pennies.
Definition of Fourpence
1. n. A British silver coin, worth four pence; a groat.
Definition of Fourpence
1. Noun. A former British silver coin, worth four pence. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fourpence
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Fourpence
Literary usage of Fourpence
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
""Yes, sir," said the postmaster, producing one—"fourpence." The gentleman paid
the fourpence postage, and left the shop with his letter. ..."
2. Dictionary of national biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1893)
"... license all merchants to purchase and export tin, they paying him fourpence
on every hundredweight exported ( Cal. Stute Papers, Dom. 1591-4 p. ..."
3. London: Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis by David Hughson (1805)
"... shillings and fourpence ; and forty shillings a \reek for every week he or
they shall so continue to do after warning, or be dieted from time to time as ..."
4. A Svrvay of London: Contayning the Originall, Antiquity, Increase, Moderne by John Stow (1890)
"Their charge at a fifteen is thirteen shillings and fourpence. Thus much for the
suburb in the liberty of the duchy of Lancaster. ..."
5. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"... shillings and fourpence per annum.—Oxford Guide. Post-mortem (Cambridge
University), the second examination after failure. Post the coin, to (sporting), ..."
6. Notes on a Visit Made to Some of the Prisons in Scotland and the North of by Joseph John Gurney (1819)
"The jail allowance is only fourpence per day. There is no airing-ground. Not a
single criminal in the prison. THE plan of this new and extensive building is ..."
7. The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by James Gillman (1838)
"(O! how I felt the anti-climax, the abysmal " bathos of that fourpence !)
only fourpence, sir, " each number, to be published on every eighth day. ..."
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