English

Adjective

eightpenny ‎(not comparable)

1. Having a value or cost of eightpence.
   • 1933, George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London, Chapter XXXVII,

     In the eightpenny dormitories the beds are comfortable, but there are so many of them (as a rule at least forty to a room), and so close together, that it is impossible to get a quiet night.

Derived terms

• eightpenny nail