ninepence.
/nahyn-pens, -puhns/US // ˈnaɪnˌpɛns, -pəns //
九便士,九钱,九分钱
Definitions
n.noun · 名词
- 1.
- ›British. nine pennies.
- ›a former shilling of Great Britain, issued under Elizabeth I for use in Ireland, debased so that it was used in England as a ninepenny piece.
Examples
One-and-ninepence, sir, or your things will be taken away from you!
One-and-Ninepence, sir, or the things which you have brought with you will be taken away from you!
Better than ninepence, and finding your own cotton and sewing-silk.
I get ninepence; some of the women only get sevenpence halfpenny.
Many a girl works there and has no more than one and ninepence to take home at the end of the week.'
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