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fourpence
[ fawr-puhns, fohr- ]
fourpence
/ ˈfɔːpəns /
noun
- a former English silver coin then worth four pennies
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fourpence1
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Example Sentences
Fieldfares and Mistletoe Thrushes usually sell at fourpence each, the rest at fourpence a couple.
The price of tobacco accordingly dropped from fourpence a pound to a halfpenny per pound by 1667.
The vendor said he could get fourpence a pound for the whole, and that it made capital Bristol board.
I have no money but about fourpence-ha'penny a week for darning stockings, but I have skill with the needle somewhat.
Levy, however, secured the first copy for fourpence in Farringdon Street, earning for his sharpness much praise.
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