fourpennyadj.

Brit.

/ˈfɔːpn̩i/,

/ˈfɔːpni/, U.S.

/ˈfɔrˌpɛni/

Etymology: < four adj. + penny n.

a. That costs or is valued at four pence. fourpenny ale, ale sold at four pence a quart; fourpenny bit or piece, a silver coin of the value of four pence; so fourpenny-halfpenny piece.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > monetary value > [adjective] > specific values

twopenny1532

sixpenny1592

fourpenny1597

threepenny1627

ninepenny1632

ten-pound1673

two-bit1802

four-figure1842

million-dollar1854

two-cent1859

thousand-guinea1894

thruppence1895

five-figure1971

six-figure1971

society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > [adjective] > specific prices

sixpenny1591

fourpenny1597

eight-penny1598

twelvepenny1609

six-shilling1631

ninepenny1632

seven1643

threepenny1698

sevenpenny1712

fivepenny1799

shilling gallery1801

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > coin of 4d

quarter-shilling1561

fourpenny bit or piece1597

fourpence1852

Joey1865

Joe1882

fourpenny1883

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > coin of 4 1 or 2d

fourpenny-halfpenny piece1597

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > ale > [noun] > other ales

strawberry ale1523

red ale1557

sixteens1584

bottle ale1586

hostler ale1590

Pimlico1609

eyebright1612

quest-ale1681

hugmatee1699

Newcastle brown (ale)1707

pale ale1708

twopenny ale (or beer)1710

twoops1729

flux ale1742

pale1743

Ringwood1759

brown ale1776

light ale1780

blue cap1789

brown1820

India pale ale1837

Tipper1843

ostler ale1861

fourpenny ale1871

four-ale1883

ninepenny1886

Scotch1886

barley wine1940

IPA1953

light1953

real ale1972

1597 1st Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus ii. i. 517 Simple plaine felowes.. that weare foure-pennie garters.

1678 London Gaz. No. 1348/4 Three pieces of Four-peny broad black taffaty Ribon.

1695 J. Locke Further Considerations conc. Raising Value of Money 109 A sufficient Quantity of Four penny, Four pence half penny, and Five penny Pieces should be coined.

1756 Monitor I. No. 25. 220 How often do we see these fourpenny boarders, in red coats, turning the family out of their beds.

1868 E. Yates Rock Ahead III. iii. i. 21 He looked as if he'd lost a fourpenny-piece.

1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant I. ii. 61 He set..to work to intoxicate himself with fourpenny ale.

1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 27 Nov. 2/3 The once familiar fourpenny bits have ceased from circulation.

b. quasi-n. A fourpenny piece.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > coin of 4d

quarter-shilling1561

fourpenny bit or piece1597

fourpence1852

Joey1865

Joe1882

fourpenny1883

1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island i. i. 4 He..promised me a silver four-penny on the first of every month.

c. fourpenny one n. colloquial a blow, hit; also, a scolding.

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the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun] > a stroke or blow > specific on a person

buffet?c1225

flatc1320

boxc1330

rapc1330

plaguea1382

puncha1450

buffc1475

jowl?1516

beff1768

funk1790

fib1814

cob1828

one1876

biff1889

clump1889

one in the eye1891

conk1898

fourpenny one1936

a sock in the eye1972

kennedy-

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] > scolding > instance of

Kyrie15..

Kyrie eleison1528

chide1538

wormwood lecture1640

rant1663

scold1726

trimming1763

blowing up1772

set-to1774

set-down1780

ragging1788

scouting1794

hurl?a1800

hearing1816

heckling1832

twisting1834

downsetting1842

going-over1843

shrewing1847

call1862

tongue-lashing1881

tongue-walking1888

telling-off1893

rousting1900

lumps1935

fourpenny one1936

rucking1958

1936 Evening News 29 Feb. 11/6 The chairman rang the lift bell... Great was our mirth..when the little messenger..said: ‘Blimey, guv'nor,..George won't 'alf give you a fourpenny one when he comes down.’

1953 N. Balchin Sundry Creditors 89 On the last bend someone went hard into the retaining fence and took what looked like a fourpenny one.

1964 N. Freeling Double-barrel ii. xi. 73 I think he got mad because he gave her a real four~penny one. I bet she has a black eye.

2. fourpenny nail [see penny n.] : a nail 1½ in. long, of which 4 lbs. go to the ‘thousand’ (i.e. 10 nominal hundreds or 1120).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > nail > specific price or size of nail

tenpenny nail1426

threepenny nail1429

fourpenny nail1481

sixpenny nail1486

fives1629

forty-penny nail1769

tenpenny1820

1481 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1883) II. 320 Et de dimidio centum de forpeny nayl.

1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 8 Another sort are four Penny, and Six Penny Nails.

1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 135 Nails of sorts are 4, 6, 8..and 40-penny nails.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fourpenny
释义	fourpennyadj. Brit. /ˈfɔːpn̩i/, /ˈfɔːpni/, U.S. /ˈfɔrˌpɛni/ Etymology: < four adj. + penny n. 1. a. That costs or is valued at four pence. fourpenny ale, ale sold at four pence a quart; fourpenny bit or piece, a silver coin of the value of four pence; so fourpenny-halfpenny piece. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > [adjective] > specific values twopenny1532 sixpenny1592 fourpenny1597 threepenny1627 ninepenny1632 ten-pound1673 two-bit1802 four-figure1842 million-dollar1854 two-cent1859 thousand-guinea1894 thruppence1895 five-figure1971 six-figure1971 society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > [adjective] > specific prices sixpenny1591 fourpenny1597 eight-penny1598 twelvepenny1609 six-shilling1631 ninepenny1632 seven1643 threepenny1698 sevenpenny1712 fivepenny1799 shilling gallery1801 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > coin of 4d quarter-shilling1561 fourpenny bit or piece1597 fourpence1852 Joey1865 Joe1882 fourpenny1883 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > coin of 4 1 or 2d fourpenny-halfpenny piece1597 the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > ale > [noun] > other ales strawberry ale1523 red ale1557 sixteens1584 bottle ale1586 hostler ale1590 Pimlico1609 eyebright1612 quest-ale1681 hugmatee1699 Newcastle brown (ale)1707 pale ale1708 twopenny ale (or beer)1710 twoops1729 flux ale1742 pale1743 Ringwood1759 brown ale1776 light ale1780 blue cap1789 brown1820 India pale ale1837 Tipper1843 ostler ale1861 fourpenny ale1871 four-ale1883 ninepenny1886 Scotch1886 barley wine1940 IPA1953 light1953 real ale1972 1597 1st Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus ii. i. 517 Simple plaine felowes.. that weare foure-pennie garters. 1678 London Gaz. No. 1348/4 Three pieces of Four-peny broad black taffaty Ribon. 1695 J. Locke Further Considerations conc. Raising Value of Money 109 A sufficient Quantity of Four penny, Four pence half penny, and Five penny Pieces should be coined. 1756 Monitor I. No. 25. 220 How often do we see these fourpenny boarders, in red coats, turning the family out of their beds. 1868 E. Yates Rock Ahead III. iii. i. 21 He looked as if he'd lost a fourpenny-piece. 1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant I. ii. 61 He set..to work to intoxicate himself with fourpenny ale. 1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 27 Nov. 2/3 The once familiar fourpenny bits have ceased from circulation. b. quasi-n. A fourpenny piece. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > coin of 4d quarter-shilling1561 fourpenny bit or piece1597 fourpence1852 Joey1865 Joe1882 fourpenny1883 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island i. i. 4 He..promised me a silver four-penny on the first of every month. c. fourpenny one n. colloquial a blow, hit; also, a scolding. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun] > a stroke or blow > specific on a person buffet?c1225 flatc1320 boxc1330 rapc1330 plaguea1382 puncha1450 buffc1475 jowl?1516 beff1768 funk1790 fib1814 cob1828 one1876 biff1889 clump1889 one in the eye1891 conk1898 fourpenny one1936 a sock in the eye1972 kennedy- the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] > scolding > instance of Kyrie15.. Kyrie eleison1528 chide1538 wormwood lecture1640 rant1663 scold1726 trimming1763 blowing up1772 set-to1774 set-down1780 ragging1788 scouting1794 hurl?a1800 hearing1816 heckling1832 twisting1834 downsetting1842 going-over1843 shrewing1847 call1862 tongue-lashing1881 tongue-walking1888 telling-off1893 rousting1900 lumps1935 fourpenny one1936 rucking1958 1936 Evening News 29 Feb. 11/6 The chairman rang the lift bell... Great was our mirth..when the little messenger..said: ‘Blimey, guv'nor,..George won't 'alf give you a fourpenny one when he comes down.’ 1953 N. Balchin Sundry Creditors 89 On the last bend someone went hard into the retaining fence and took what looked like a fourpenny one. 1964 N. Freeling Double-barrel ii. xi. 73 I think he got mad because he gave her a real four~penny one. I bet she has a black eye. 2. fourpenny nail [see penny n.] : a nail 1½ in. long, of which 4 lbs. go to the ‘thousand’ (i.e. 10 nominal hundreds or 1120). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > nail > specific price or size of nail tenpenny nail1426 tenpenny nail1426 threepenny nail1429 fourpenny nail1481 sixpenny nail1486 fives1629 forty-penny nail1769 tenpenny1820 1481 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1883) II. 320 Et de dimidio centum de forpeny nayl. 1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 8 Another sort are four Penny, and Six Penny Nails. 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 135 Nails of sorts are 4, 6, 8..and 40-penny nails. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1481
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