Elevenpence
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 the value of eleven old pennies UK, countable, obsolete, uncountable
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From eleven + pence.
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