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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

fourpence

/fawr-puhns, fohr-/US // ˈfɔr pəns, ˈfoʊr- //UK // (ˈfɔːpəns) //

四便士,四钱,四个便士

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    British.

    • : a sum of money of the value of four English pennies.

Examples

  • Fieldfares and Mistletoe Thrushes usually sell at fourpence each, the rest at fourpence a couple.

  • The price of tobacco accordingly dropped from fourpence a pound to a halfpenny per pound by 1667.

  • The vendor said he could get fourpence a pound for the whole, and that it made capital Bristol board.

  • I have no money but about fourpence-ha'penny a week for darning stockings, but I have skill with the needle somewhat.

  • Levy, however, secured the first copy for fourpence in Farringdon Street, earning for his sharpness much praise.

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