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ninepence

/nahyn-pens, -puhns/US // ˈnaɪnˌpɛns, -pəns //

九便士,九钱,九分钱

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 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.'