Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An arithmetical table for the easy conversion of pounds and shillings into pence, or vice versa.
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Examples
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Mr. Pumblechook then put me through my pence-table from "twelve pence make one shilling," up to
Great Expectations Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1861
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Mr Pumblechook then put me through my pence-table from ` twelve pence make one shilling, 'up to ` forty pence make three and fourpence,' and then triumphantly demanded, as if he had done for me, ` Now!
Great Expectations 1860
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Mr. Pumblechook then put me through my pence-table from "twelve pence make one shilling," up to "forty pence make three and fourpence," and then triumphantly demanded, as if he had done for me, "Now!
Great Expectations Charles Dickens 1841
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