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twelvepence|ˈtwɛlvpəns| a. A sum of money equal to twelve pennies (now rare). †b. A coin of this value, a shilling (obs.). Also formerly abbreviated xij d.
c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 301 Men of lawe and jurours han non conscience to forswere hem for twel pens and her dyner. 1563Child-Marriages 60 Apon Midsomer even last, the said Thomas send a Token, videlicet a xijd. to the said Eleine. 1568Satir. Poems Reform. xlviii. 58 Ȝour court-men heir hes maid my claith deir, And raisd it twell⁓pennis of the ell. 1622Bacon Hen. VII 216 The Recoinage of Groats and Halfe-groats now Twelve-pences and Six-pences. 1665in De Foe Plague (1840) 41 Every of the said chirurgeons shall have twelvepence a body searched by them. 1864Burton Scot Abr. II. ii. 183 We..dined..very well for twelvepence a man. |