English

Noun

eightpence ‎(plural eightpences)

1. (historical, numismatics) A former coin worth eight pence; the monetary amount of eight pence.
   • 1933, George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London, Chapter 25,

     […] I went for a night to a lodging-house in Bow, where the charge was only eightpence.

Related terms

• tuppence
• threepence
• fourpence
• sixpence