单词 | fourpence |
释义 | fourpence (once / 7859 pages) n WORD FAMILY fourpence: fourpences USAGE EXAMPLES“Every child pays fourpence a week. Sometimes they pay with eggs or wool or such things instead. It will help, Kit, a great deal.” Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond(1958) Out of that two pounds, I paid thirteen shillings and fourpence a month for my room at the Xhomas’. Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom(1994) When the writer was there, in 1862, beef was retailed at fourpence per pound, and Port Stanley being a free port, everything was very cheap. Whymper, Frederick, The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adve...(2012) n a former English silver coin worth four pennies Syn|Hyper groat coin a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money |
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