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Ninepence
Nine′pence
,Noun.
pl.
Ninepences
. 1.
An old English silver coin, worth nine pence.
2.
A New England name for the Spanish real, a coin formerly current in the United States, as valued at twelve and a half cents.
Definition 2024
ninepence
ninepence
English
Noun
ninepence (plural ninepences)
- (obsolete, Britain) A former British silver coin, worth nine old pennies.
- 1663, Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, part 1, canto 1
- His wits were sent him for a token, \ But in the carriage crack'd and broken. \ Like commendation nine-pence, crookt \ With—to and from my love—it lookt.
- 1663, Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, part 1, canto 1
- (obsolete, Britain) Nine old pennies.
- (obsolete, New England) A Spanish real, valued at twelve and a half cents.
Derived terms
- commendation ninepence
References
- ninepence in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913