Elevenpence
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Elevenpence is a noun meaning (UK, obsolete) the value of eleven old pennies.
Meaning
(UK, obsolete) the value of eleven old pennies.
Example Sentences
Now the dealer was a young man, who did not know the ways of Castellybryn, and he was aware that the first dealer was a big buyer and a cunning bargainer; so he purchased the butter for elevenpence farthing a pound, being a farthing a pound above the market price of that day.
Word Forms
- elevenpences
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ninepence, tenpence, twelvepence, fifteenpence, thirteenpence, seventeenpence.
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