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- noun Plural form of
ninepence .
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Examples
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The experience of the world on this point has been embodied in maxims such as these: "Take care of your cents, and dollars will take care of themselves;" "Save your ninepences," &c.
The Faithful Steward Or, Systematic Beneficence an Essential of Christian Character Sereno D. Clark
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Oh! you know all about it, -- everybody knows that it is just as sure to rain on a May morning, as it is to thaw when your schoolmaster attempts to treat himself and you to a sleigh-ride on _your_ hoarded ninepences!
Little Ferns For Fanny's Little Friends Fanny Fern
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What a pretty picture he makes, as he pushes back his thick locks, and flashes those great, dark, Italian eyes -- it is worth a hundred ninepences to see such a beaming face.
Little Ferns For Fanny's Little Friends Fanny Fern
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Daisy promptly abdicated when Bess came, and took the humble post of chief cook, while Nan was first maid of honor; Emil was chancellor of the exchequer, and spent the public monies lavishly in getting up spectacles that cost whole ninepences.
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Beside the ninepences and fourpence-ha'-pennies, there were bits and half-bits, pistareens, picayunes, and fips.
The Critical Period of American History John Fiske 1871
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The exact change could then be easily made, as the Spanish silver ninepences (12-1/2 cents) and fourpence halfpence (6-1/4 cents) were more common than any other silver pieces.
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Daisy promptly abdicated when Bess came, and took the humble post of chief cook, while Nan was first maid of honor; Emil was chancellor of the exchequer, and spent the public monies lavishly in getting up spectacles that cost whole ninepences.
Little Men Louisa May Alcott 1860
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A happy man was Fred when, after paying down 100 ninepences (3L. 15s.), he sold his shares for
Burlesques William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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The "new ninepences" which were said to be forthcoming never passed into circulation at all.
Byron's Poetical Works, Volume 1 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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