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sevenpence|ˈsɛv(ə)npəns|
[f. seven + pence.]
A sum of money equal to seven pennies. Hence ˌsevenpence-ˈhalfpenny; ˌseven-ˈpennyworth; (-penn'orth). Also transf., † transportation for seven years.
1671E. Leigh Three Diatribes 73 In Venice a Liver is about seven pence half peny. 1756M. Calderwood in Coltness Collect. (Maitland Club) 229 Peices..of sevenpence (called a skillen). 1821P. Egan Life in London ii. iii. 230 My Lord, if I am to stand seven-pence, my Lord, I hope you'll take it into your consideration. 1824Ure tr. Berthollet's Dyeing I. 8 A measure of corn, which would at present cost sevenpence-halfpenny English. 1859Hotten's Slang Dict., Seven pennorth, transportation for seven years. 1865Ruskin Sesame i. §33 Now {pstlg}700 is to {pstlg}50,000 roughly, as sevenpence is to two thousand pounds. 1885Pall Mall Gaz. 11 Mar. 4/1 Mary L. warmly asserted that ‘she had been married at the sevenpence-halfpenny-church’... The sevenpence-halfpenny demanded pays only for the legal stamp. |