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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete, British) A former British silver coin, worth nine old pennies..
His wits were sent him for a token, \ But in the carriage crack'd and broken. \ Like commendation nine-pence, crookt \ With—to and from my love—it lookt.
I had sold it to her that morning for ninepence; the real price was a shilling, but it was somewhat shopworn.
Use ninepence when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ninepence means (obsolete, British) A former British silver coin, worth nine old pennies..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
His wits were sent him for a token, \ But in the carriage crack'd and broken. \ Like commendation nine-pence, crookt \ With—to and from my love—it lookt.
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