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Definition of Fourpenny
1. Adjective. Used of nail size; 1 3/8 in or 3.8 cm long.
Definition of Fourpenny
1. Adjective. (dated) Costing fourpence. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fourpenny
1. [n -NIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fourpenny
Literary usage of Fourpenny
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Supplement to Allibone's Critical Dictionary of English Literature and by John Foster Kirk, Samuel Austin Allibone (1891)
"... dead from the press, and was soon consigned to the " fourpenny box" of
second-hand dealers. .... fourpenny ..."
2. The Modern Review by Richard Acland Armstrong (1884)
"For this little disk, about the size of a fourpenny piece, while for the most
part truly cyclical, Fio. V. Diagram illustrating the Pedigree of the Complex ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law by Great Britain Bail Court (1870)
"All the witnesses for the prosecution, except the inspector of coin for the Mint,
called it a fourpenny pita. The inspector called it a groat, ..."
4. The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette (1843)
"A fourpenny piece, about the one-twentieth of an inch, under a silver plate for
eleven days, gave scarcely a perceptible spectrum ; though a farthing, ..."
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