tenpennyadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈtɛnpəni/, U.S.

/ˈtɛnˌpɛni/

A. adj.

a. Valued at, costing, or amounting to ten pence; sold at tenpence the piece, dozen, hundred, pound, quart, gallon, yard, or other customary unit (see also A. b); also in contempt: cf. twopenny adj. and n. tenpenny piece = B. 1; also in the U.K., a decimal coin worth ten (new) pence. tenpenny-worth, the amount of anything to be bought for tenpence.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > worthless

naughteOE

unworthc960

nought worthOE

unworthya1240

vaina1300

lewd1362

base?1510

to be nothing toc1520

stark naught1528

nothing worth1535

worthilessa1542

draffish1543

baggage1548

dunghill?1555

valureless1563

toyish1572

worthless1573

out (forth) of door (also doors)1574

leaden1577

riff-raff1577

drafty1582

fecklessc1586

dudgeon?1589

nought-worth1589

tenpenny1592

wanwordy?a1595

shotten herring1598

nugatory1603

unvalued1604

priceless1614

unvaluable1615

valuelessa1616

waste1616

trashya1620

draffy1624

stramineous1624

invaluable1640

roly-poly?1645

nugatorious1646

perquisquilian1647

niffling1649

lazy1671

wanworth1724

little wortha1754

flimsy1756

waff1788

null1790

nothingy1801

nothingly1802

twopenny-halfpenny1809

not worth a flaw1810

garbage1817

peanut1836

duffing1839

trash1843

no-account1845

no-count1851

punky1859

rummagy1872

junky1880

skilligalee1883

footle1894

punk1896

wherry-go-nimble1901

junk1908

rinky-dink1913

schlock1916

tripe1927

duff1938

chickenshit1940

sheg-up1941

expendable1942

(strictly) for the birds1943

tripey1955

schlocky1960

naff1964

dipshit1968

cack1978

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > tenpence

tenpenny piece1842

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > tenpence > decimal

tenpenny piece1968

tenpence1971

1592 Arden of Feversham v. i All the tenpenny ale~houses would stand euery morning with a quart pot in their hand, saying, ‘will it please your worship drinke?’

1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster West-ward Hoe iv. sig. G^v If all the great Turks Concubins were but like thee, the ten-penny-infidell should neuer neede [etc.].

1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ v. vii. 7 Lieutenant Felton..made a thrust with a common tenpeny knife..at the Duke.

a1668 W. Davenant News from Plimouth i. i, in Wks. (1673) 2/1 A cloth Of Network edg'd with a Ten-penny-Lace.

1724 J. Swift Let. to Shop-keepers of Ireland (new ed.) 15 A Yard of ten-penny Stuff.

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. ii. 32 A tenpenny-worth of cord.

1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xxi She had given him a tenpenny-piece.

1875 J. Ruskin Mornings in Florence I. Pref. 2 I have done more work than you will ever know of, to make them good ten-pennyworths to you.

1968 Guardian 24 Apr. 3/3 I handed the woman a new tenpenny piece worth 2s.

1971 I. Murdoch Accidental Man 305 The room was unheated except for a weak one-bar electric fire which had to be continually fed with tenpenny pieces.

1973 J. Porter It's Murder with Dover xiii. 130 MacGregor watched his tenpenny pieces disappearing down the greedy slot of the one-armed bandit.

b. tenpenny nail n. originally, a nail sold at tenpence a hundred: see penny n. 5. Now, vaguely, a nail of large size; in U.S. spec. a three-inch nail.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > nail > specific price or size of nail

tenpenny nail1426

threepenny nail1429

fourpenny nail1481

sixpenny nail1486

fives1629

forty-penny nail1769

tenpenny1820

1426–7 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 67 For iijc x peny nayl to þe vyse, ii s. vj d.; Also for iiijc vj peny nayl, ij s.

1486 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 16 Xpeny nailes.

a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 172 To make the whole matter fast and sure, as it were with a tenpenny nail.

1666 W. Boghurst Loimographia (1894) 66 Stomacks like Ostriches able to digest a tennpenny nail.

1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. xii. 314 Were his nails tenpenny nails, and his teeth as long as those of a harrow.

1890 Webster's Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Penny.., denoting pound weight for one thousand;—used in combination, with respect to nails; as, tenpenny nails, nails of which one thousand weigh ten pounds.

1906 Dial. Notes 3 146 Mad enough to bite a tenpenny nail in two, adj. phr., very angry.

1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Penny is used in combination with prefixed numerals..to form adjectives denoting price or value. As applied to nails these adjectives now denote certain arbitrary sizes, though originally, in the 15th century, they designated the price per hundred; as, a tenpenny nail, one then costing tenpence per hundred.

1967 Countryman Autumn 29 My American companion said: ‘I guess we should get some tenpenny nails.’ Then he looked at me: ‘I suppose you don't know what they are.’ I did not. Next day, when we asked for them by that name at the hardware store, we got what we wanted—three-inch nails.

B. n.

1. A piece of money: = tenpence n.

a. The token of the Bank of Ireland for 10d., issued in 1805, 1806, and 1813.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > Irish coins > [noun]

harp1543

harp-groat1543

harped groata1549

rose pence1556

smulkinc1571

harp-shilling1591

harper1598

patrick1673

thirteenc1720

fourpence-halfpenny1723

thirteener1762

tenpenny1822

thirteen-penny1828

sun groat1861

twenty-pence piece1981

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > other European

groata1387

markc1475

Philip?1482

caroline1555

sol1583

gross1638

obolus1761

tenpenny1822

ECU1970

1822 D. O'Connell Corr. (1972) II. 379 I will hug every tenpenny as a link in the chain that is to draw back my Mary to me.

1824 A. Thomson in Life & Min. (1869) iv. 217 A gentleman..sent me seven ten-pennies—5s. 10d. Irish.

1825 Hist. Little Pat in Houlston Tracts I. No. ii. 12 Having received a present of a tenpenny from a gentleman.

b. A franc or lira.

1905 Eng. Dial. Dict. VI. 61/1 [Guernsey] When I get a bad tenpenny I put it in my purse and pass it.

a. A tenpenny nail.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > nail > specific price or size of nail

tenpenny nail1426

threepenny nail1429

fourpenny nail1481

sixpenny nail1486

fives1629

forty-penny nail1769

tenpenny1820

1820 J. H. Reynolds Fancy (1906) 22 We've driven a hundred tenpennies already.

b. A child's school-book (originally) costing tenpence: formerly the third book used in teaching to read. Scottish.

ΚΠ

1893 S. R. Crockett Stickit Minister iii. 35 They stammered like a boy new into the tenpenny.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	tenpenny
释义	tenpennyadj.n. Brit. /ˈtɛnpəni/, U.S. /ˈtɛnˌpɛni/ A. adj. a. Valued at, costing, or amounting to ten pence; sold at tenpence the piece, dozen, hundred, pound, quart, gallon, yard, or other customary unit (see also A. b); also in contempt: cf. twopenny adj. and n. tenpenny piece = B. 1; also in the U.K., a decimal coin worth ten (new) pence. tenpenny-worth, the amount of anything to be bought for tenpence. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > worthless naughteOE unworthc960 nought worthOE unworthya1240 vaina1300 lewd1362 base?1510 to be nothing toc1520 stark naught1528 nothing worth1535 worthilessa1542 draffish1543 baggage1548 dunghill?1555 valureless1563 toyish1572 worthless1573 out (forth) of door (also doors)1574 leaden1577 riff-raff1577 drafty1582 fecklessc1586 dudgeon?1589 nought-worth1589 tenpenny1592 wanwordy?a1595 shotten herring1598 nugatory1603 unvalued1604 priceless1614 unvaluable1615 valuelessa1616 waste1616 trashya1620 draffy1624 stramineous1624 invaluable1640 roly-poly?1645 nugatorious1646 perquisquilian1647 niffling1649 lazy1671 wanworth1724 little wortha1754 flimsy1756 waff1788 null1790 nothingy1801 nothingly1802 twopenny-halfpenny1809 not worth a flaw1810 garbage1817 peanut1836 duffing1839 trash1843 no-account1845 no-count1851 punky1859 rummagy1872 junky1880 skilligalee1883 footle1894 punk1896 wherry-go-nimble1901 junk1908 rinky-dink1913 schlock1916 tripe1927 duff1938 chickenshit1940 sheg-up1941 expendable1942 (strictly) for the birds1943 tripey1955 schlocky1960 naff1964 dipshit1968 cack1978 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > tenpence tenpenny piece1842 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > tenpence > decimal tenpenny piece1968 tenpence1971 1592 Arden of Feversham v. i All the tenpenny ale~houses would stand euery morning with a quart pot in their hand, saying, ‘will it please your worship drinke?’ 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster West-ward Hoe iv. sig. G^v If all the great Turks Concubins were but like thee, the ten-penny-infidell should neuer neede [etc.]. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ v. vii. 7 Lieutenant Felton..made a thrust with a common tenpeny knife..at the Duke. a1668 W. Davenant News from Plimouth i. i, in Wks. (1673) 2/1 A cloth Of Network edg'd with a Ten-penny-Lace. 1724 J. Swift Let. to Shop-keepers of Ireland (new ed.) 15 A Yard of ten-penny Stuff. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. ii. 32 A tenpenny-worth of cord. 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xxi She had given him a tenpenny-piece. 1875 J. Ruskin Mornings in Florence I. Pref. 2 I have done more work than you will ever know of, to make them good ten-pennyworths to you. 1968 Guardian 24 Apr. 3/3 I handed the woman a new tenpenny piece worth 2s. 1971 I. Murdoch Accidental Man 305 The room was unheated except for a weak one-bar electric fire which had to be continually fed with tenpenny pieces. 1973 J. Porter It's Murder with Dover xiii. 130 MacGregor watched his tenpenny pieces disappearing down the greedy slot of the one-armed bandit. b. tenpenny nail n. originally, a nail sold at tenpence a hundred: see penny n. 5. Now, vaguely, a nail of large size; in U.S. spec. a three-inch nail. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > nail > specific price or size of nail tenpenny nail1426 tenpenny nail1426 threepenny nail1429 fourpenny nail1481 sixpenny nail1486 fives1629 forty-penny nail1769 tenpenny1820 1426–7 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 67 For iijc x peny nayl to þe vyse, ii s. vj d.; Also for iiijc vj peny nayl, ij s. 1486 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 16 Xpeny nailes. a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 172 To make the whole matter fast and sure, as it were with a tenpenny nail. 1666 W. Boghurst Loimographia (1894) 66 Stomacks like Ostriches able to digest a tennpenny nail. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. xii. 314 Were his nails tenpenny nails, and his teeth as long as those of a harrow. 1890 Webster's Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Penny.., denoting pound weight for one thousand;—used in combination, with respect to nails; as, tenpenny nails, nails of which one thousand weigh ten pounds. 1906 Dial. Notes 3 146 Mad enough to bite a tenpenny nail in two, adj. phr., very angry. 1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Penny is used in combination with prefixed numerals..to form adjectives denoting price or value. As applied to nails these adjectives now denote certain arbitrary sizes, though originally, in the 15th century, they designated the price per hundred; as, a tenpenny nail, one then costing tenpence per hundred. 1967 Countryman Autumn 29 My American companion said: ‘I guess we should get some tenpenny nails.’ Then he looked at me: ‘I suppose you don't know what they are.’ I did not. Next day, when we asked for them by that name at the hardware store, we got what we wanted—three-inch nails. B. n. 1. A piece of money: = tenpence n. a. The token of the Bank of Ireland for 10d., issued in 1805, 1806, and 1813. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > Irish coins > [noun] harp1543 harp-groat1543 harped groata1549 rose pence1556 smulkinc1571 harp-shilling1591 harper1598 patrick1673 thirteenc1720 fourpence-halfpenny1723 thirteener1762 tenpenny1822 thirteen-penny1828 sun groat1861 twenty-pence piece1981 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > other European groata1387 markc1475 Philip?1482 caroline1555 sol1583 gross1638 obolus1761 tenpenny1822 ECU1970 1822 D. O'Connell Corr. (1972) II. 379 I will hug every tenpenny as a link in the chain that is to draw back my Mary to me. 1824 A. Thomson in Life & Min. (1869) iv. 217 A gentleman..sent me seven ten-pennies—5s. 10d. Irish. 1825 Hist. Little Pat in Houlston Tracts I. No. ii. 12 Having received a present of a tenpenny from a gentleman. b. A franc or lira. Π 1905 Eng. Dial. Dict. VI. 61/1 [Guernsey] When I get a bad tenpenny I put it in my purse and pass it. 2. a. A tenpenny nail. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > nail > specific price or size of nail tenpenny nail1426 tenpenny nail1426 threepenny nail1429 fourpenny nail1481 sixpenny nail1486 fives1629 forty-penny nail1769 tenpenny1820 1820 J. H. Reynolds Fancy (1906) 22 We've driven a hundred tenpennies already. b. A child's school-book (originally) costing tenpence: formerly the third book used in teaching to read. Scottish. ΚΠ 1893 S. R. Crockett Stickit Minister iii. 35 They stammered like a boy new into the tenpenny. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < adj.n.1426
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