Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Twelvepence in the old Scottish currency, equal to one penny sterling.
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Examples
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Mrs. Howden, with a groan; ` ` and sic a comfortable window as I had gotten, too, just within a penny-stane-cast of the scaffold --- I could hae heard every word the minister said --- and to pay twalpennies for my stand, and a for naething! ''
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"And to think o 'the weary walk they hae gien us," answered Mrs. Howden, with a groan; "and sic a comfortable window as I had gotten, too, just within a penny-stane-cast of the scaffold -- I could hae heard every word the minister said -- and to pay twalpennies for my stand, and a 'for naething!"
The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete Walter Scott 1801
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"And to think o 'the weary walk they hae gien us," answered Mrs. Howden, with a groan; "and sic a comfortable window as I had gotten, too, just within a penny-stane-cast of the scaffold -- I could hae heard every word the minister said -- and to pay twalpennies for my stand, and a 'for naething!"
The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 Walter Scott 1801
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Honest, say ye? — ye pykit your mother’s pouch o’ twalpennies Scots when ye were five years auld, just as she was taking leave o’ your father at the fit o’ the gallows.”
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“And to think o’ the weary walk they hae gien us,” answered Mrs. Howden, with a groan; “and sic a comfortable window as I had gotten, too, just within a penny-stane-cast of the scaffold — I could hae heard every word the minister said — and to pay twalpennies for my stand, and
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--- ye pykit your mother's pouch o 'twalpennies Scots when ye were five years auld, just as she was taking leave o' your father at the fit o 'the gallows.' '
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