Definitions
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- adjective Having a value or cost of
twentypence .
Etymologies
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twenty + penny
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Examples
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In other words, from threepenny to tenpenny 1/4 "is added for each penny, but a twelvepenny nail is 3-1/4" long, a sixteenpenny nail is 3-1/2 "long, a twentypenny nail is 4" long.
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