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fourpenny
[fawr-pen-ee, -puh-nee, fohr-]
adjective
Carpentry.
noting a nail 1.5 inches (3.8 centimeters) long.
noting certain fine nails 1.375 inches (3.5 centimeters) long. 4d
British.of the amount or value of fourpence.
fourpenny
/ ˈɔːəɪ /
adjective
slanga blow, esp with the fist
Word History and Origins
Origin of fourpenny1
Example Sentences
In the carpenter's store forward there were hammers, awls, chisels, files, a saw, hundreds of nails, both sixpenny and fourpenny.
That’s all right; £4 makes £99 10s. and 10s.—stop, let’s count them—count after your own father, as the saying is—four and five’s nine, and three fourpenny pieces; all right.
Soon after this meeting the fourpenny deliveries commenced; and these were before long followed by the establishment of the universal Penny-post.
British fourpenny bright orange, Edward issue—has fifteen holes per 2 centimetres along the top and bottom edges, and fourteen holes along either side.
Although frequently referred to as a groat, it had no other official designation than a “fourpenny piece.”
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