Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective 2-3/4 in or 7 cm long; -- used of nail size.
- adjective costing 9 cents (US) or 5 pence (Britain).
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- adjective Having a value or cost of
ninepence .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective used of nail size; 2 3/4 in or 7 cm long
Etymologies
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Examples
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The situation of woman was such as to stimulate her ever to neatness in personal appearance, even if the material was but a "ninepenny" calico; and the same may be said to a marked extent of the men.
Brook Farm John Thomas Codman
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Thanks to Ellen, morning-demon, ninepenny, The rabbit and Game of Thrones UK for the links.
Archive 2010-01-01 2010
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Thanks to Ellen, morning-demon, ninepenny, The rabbit and Game of Thrones UK for the links.
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Mr. Wrenn could hardly keep his feet on the pavement as they scampered to it and got ninepenny seats.
Our Mr. Wrenn 2004
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There is no reason why every ninepenny lodging-house should not come up to this standard.
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Well! I don't believe you men know, half the time, whether a lady wears a ninepenny collar or a thread-lace cape worth a thousand dollars.
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ANOTHER ninepenny acquisition: Chronological Tablets, exhibiting every Remarkable Occurrence from the Creation of the World down to the Present Time.
As I Please 1943
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There is no reason why every ninepenny lodging-house should not come up to this standard.
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Mr. Wrenn could hardly keep his feet on the pavement as they scampered to it and got ninepenny seats.
Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man Sinclair Lewis 1918
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Mr. Wrenn could hardly keep his feet on the pavement as they scampered to it and got ninepenny seats.
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