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Definition of Fourpences
1. fourpence [n] - See also: fourpence
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fourpences
Literary usage of Fourpences
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Key to the Tutor's Guide: Or, The Arithmetician's Repository by Charles Vyse (1806)
"6 Any Number of Pounds, &c. may be reduced to Sixpences, fourpences, ... to reduce
Pounds, &c. to Sixpences, multiply by 40, if to fourpences by 60, ..."
2. The Little Federal Calculator: Consisting of Questions and Tables to Employ by Roswell Chamberlain Smith (1850)
"Л. Fourpence-halfpennies, or fourpences, sixpences, and fips, ... How many cents
are 2 fourpences? [12.J.] How many are 3 fips? [18:j. ..."
3. The Irish School Arithmetic for Intermediate Schools by J. Rogers (1895)
"Is. Sd. to fourpences. (4.) Reduce 900000 farthings to ... Reduce 800 crowns to
fourpences. (2.) Reduce 3964 perches to acres, (s.) 15«. 9jd. x 79. (4. ..."
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