Sevenpence Definition

noun
1850, Thomas Carlyle, Latter-Day Pamphlets.
"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.
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(UK, obsolete, rare) Construed as singular.
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Other Word Forms of Sevenpence

Noun

Singular:
sevenpence
Plural:
sevenpences

Origin of Sevenpence

  • From seven +‎ pence.

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  • From the above.

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