tenner

[ ten-er ]

nounInformal.
  1. a 10-dollar bill.

  2. British. a 10-pound note.

Origin of tenner

1
First recorded in 1840–50; ten + -er1

Words Nearby tenner

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How to use tenner in a sentence

  • Give 'im good weather an' a lot o' women, 'n' he'll batter his tenner ev'ry day.

    Tramping with Tramps | Josiah Flynt
  • They have no essential bearing upon this, my tale, which is no love story, for love and E. Van tenner were strangers.

    The Beggar's Purse | Samuel Hopkins Adams
  • The protrusive jaw was thrust up under E. Van tenner's retiring nose.

    The Beggar's Purse | Samuel Hopkins Adams
  • Its reluctance was quite uncanny until E. Van tenner observed that in some way the pencil had got afoul of the pocket flap.

    The Beggar's Purse | Samuel Hopkins Adams
  • "A colloquial expression of the philosophy of indifference," observed E. Van tenner with a smile.

    The Beggar's Purse | Samuel Hopkins Adams

British Dictionary definitions for tenner

tenner

/ (ˈtɛnə) /


nouninformal
  1. British

    • a ten-pound note

    • the sum of ten pounds

  2. US a ten-dollar bill

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