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  • adjective Having a value or cost of twentypence.

Etymologies

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twenty +‎ penny

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Examples

  • 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.

    Handwork in Wood William Noyes

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