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Definition of fourpenny in English: fourpennyadjective ˈfɔːp(ə)ni British attributive Costing or worth four pence, especially before decimalization (1971). Example sentencesExamples - And altogether I paid pretty dear for my monthly fourpenny piece, in the shape of these abominable fancies.
- Now the fourpenny hop was great old crack as the boys and girls were there in their finery, dressed to kill, as they'd say.
- Sometimes it seems as if the world and his wife have turned up to add their fourpenny worth.
- Her favourite punt was a Three Cross; three fourpenny doubles and a fourpenny treble, the princely sum of one shilling and fourpence being the stake.
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