| 单词 | sevenpence-halfpenny |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˌsevenpence-ˈhalfpenny ˌsevenpence-ˈhalfpenny n. (in British currency before decimalization) the sum or value of seven and a half pence.In quot. 1885 as a modifier: designating the church of St James the Great, Bethnal Green, at which the standard fee for a certificate of marriage was waived, and only the cost of the legal stamp on the certificate had to be paid, thus allowing poor couples to marry very cheaply. ΚΠ 1671 E. Leigh 3 Diatribes 73 In Venice a Liver is about seven pence half peny. 1824 A. Ure tr. C.-L. Berthollet & A. B. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing (ed. 2) I. 8 A measure of corn, which would at present cost sevenpence-halfpenny [1791 7½d.] English. 1885 Pall 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. 1989 Daily Mail 20 Feb. 20/3 When I started I got one shilling and sevenpence-halfpenny an hour. < as lemmas |
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