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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
/ 藞蹿蓴藧辫蓹苍瑟 /
adjective
- slang.a blow, esp with the fist
亚洲网紅露点 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鈥檚 all right; 拢4 makes 拢99 10s. and 10s.鈥攕top, let鈥檚 count them鈥攃ount after your own father, as the saying is鈥攆our and five鈥檚 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鈥攈as 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 鈥渇ourpenny piece.鈥
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