sevenpenny
/sev-uhn-pen-ee/US // ˈsɛv ənˌpɛn i //
七便士,七分钱,七钱,七笔钱
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : noting a nail 2¼ inches long. Symbol: 7d
Examples
They can machine 1-1/2 dozen sevenpenny shirts in a day, by working till midnight and later.
He was feebly grappling with a Sevenpenny which he could neither hold nor read.
For when there are no six-shilling novels to reprint, obviously there can be no sevenpenny reprints of them.
It is comforting to perceive that this wickedness on the part of the sevenpenny reprint cannot indefinitely continue.
Thirdly, the sevenpenny reprint of the popular novel is ruining the already ruined six-shilling novel.
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