Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Valued at or worth ten pence.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Valued or sold at ten pence. See 2d
penny , n. - adjective Denoting a size of nails. See 1st
penny .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having a value or cost of
tenpence .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I asked Papi why they are called tenpenny, eightpenny, an' sixpenny darters, an' he said it was 'cause they looked like nails an' that nails used to be sold by the pennyweight.
The Celebrated Jumping Flippit of Tau-Ceti IV Hugh Barlow 2011
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This is explained as meaning that "tenpenny" nails, for example, cost tenpence a hundred.
Handwork in Wood William Noyes
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"tenpenny" points, with only the miserable consolation that the company were not honest.
Charles O'Malley — Volume 1 Charles James Lever 1839
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I don't know, but if'n it was ME, I'd make it so that tenpenny darters was bigger'n sixpenny darters.
The Celebrated Jumping Flippit of Tau-Ceti IV Hugh Barlow 2011
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That's why tenpenny darters are SMALLER than sixpenny darters.
The Celebrated Jumping Flippit of Tau-Ceti IV Hugh Barlow 2011
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It wasn't even a proper day hunt, just an hour between dinner and dark, when I traded the sledge and the tenpenny nails I was pounding to build trout habitat for the Michigan DNR for my 97 Winchester pump.
Back-Forty Survival 2009
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You would get ten tenpenny nails for a penny an' six sixpenny nails.
The Celebrated Jumping Flippit of Tau-Ceti IV Hugh Barlow 2011
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The tenpenny darters have tiny teeth that are too small to hurt you.
The Celebrated Jumping Flippit of Tau-Ceti IV Hugh Barlow 2011
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Sometimes he rats me out to Mami an' I get in trouble, but sometimes he's helpful—like the times I forget to bring a wagon when I get tenpenny darters for Papi.
The Celebrated Jumping Flippit of Tau-Ceti IV Hugh Barlow 2011
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Eightpenny darters hurt when they bite, an' sixpenny darters will draw blood, but the tenpenny darters don't hurt at all.
The Celebrated Jumping Flippit of Tau-Ceti IV Hugh Barlow 2011
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