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Definition of Ninepenny
1. Adjective. Used of nail size; 2 3/4 in or 7 cm long.
Similar to: Sized
Definition of Ninepenny
1. Adjective. Having a value or cost of ninepence. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ninepenny
Literary usage of Ninepenny
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essays and Reviews by Edwin Percy Whipple (1883)
"This country is the only country where everybody reads. It is of much importance
to know what everybody is reading. How much of this reading is ninepenny ..."
2. The Quaver; or, Songster's pocket companion by Quaver (1844)
"-THE FOUR AND ninepenny HAT. ECONOMY is now the rage, It's strange, so each
confesses, To notice in this wond'rous age, How cheapness it progresses 1 But of ..."
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