| 单词 | tenpenny piece |
| 释义 | > as lemmastenpenny piece a. Valued at, costing, or amounting to ten pence; sold at tenpence the piece, dozen, hundred, pound, quart, gallon, yard, or other customary unit (see also A. b); also in contempt: cf. twopenny adj. and n. tenpenny piece = B. 1; also in the U.K., a decimal coin worth ten (new) pence. tenpenny-worth, the amount of anything to be bought for tenpence. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > worthless naughteOE unworthc960 nought worthOE unworthya1240 vaina1300 lewd1362 base?1510 to be nothing toc1520 stark naught1528 nothing worth1535 worthilessa1542 draffish1543 baggage1548 dunghill?1555 valureless1563 toyish1572 worthless1573 out (forth) of door (also doors)1574 leaden1577 riff-raff1577 drafty1582 fecklessc1586 dudgeon?1589 nought-worth1589 tenpenny1592 wanwordy?a1595 shotten herring1598 nugatory1603 unvalued1604 priceless1614 unvaluable1615 valuelessa1616 waste1616 trashya1620 draffy1624 stramineous1624 invaluable1640 roly-poly?1645 nugatorious1646 perquisquilian1647 niffling1649 lazy1671 wanworth1724 little wortha1754 flimsy1756 waff1788 null1790 nothingy1801 nothingly1802 twopenny-halfpenny1809 not worth a flaw1810 garbage1817 peanut1836 duffing1839 trash1843 no-account1845 no-count1851 punky1859 rummagy1872 junky1880 skilligalee1883 footle1894 punk1896 wherry-go-nimble1901 junk1908 rinky-dink1913 schlock1916 tripe1927 duff1938 chickenshit1940 sheg-up1941 expendable1942 (strictly) for the birds1943 tripey1955 schlocky1960 naff1964 dipshit1968 cack1978 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > tenpence tenpenny piece1842 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > tenpence > decimal tenpenny piece1968 tenpence1971 1592 Arden of Feversham v. i All the tenpenny ale~houses would stand euery morning with a quart pot in their hand, saying, ‘will it please your worship drinke?’ 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster West-ward Hoe iv. sig. Gv If all the great Turks Concubins were but like thee, the ten-penny-infidell should neuer neede [etc.]. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ v. vii. 7 Lieutenant Felton..made a thrust with a common tenpeny knife..at the Duke. a1668 W. Davenant News from Plimouth i. i, in Wks. (1673) 2/1 A cloth Of Network edg'd with a Ten-penny-Lace. 1724 J. Swift Let. to Shop-keepers of Ireland (new ed.) 15 A Yard of ten-penny Stuff. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. ii. 32 A tenpenny-worth of cord. 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xxi She had given him a tenpenny-piece. 1875 J. Ruskin Mornings in Florence I. Pref. 2 I have done more work than you will ever know of, to make them good ten-pennyworths to you. 1968 Guardian 24 Apr. 3/3 I handed the woman a new tenpenny piece worth 2s. 1971 I. Murdoch Accidental Man 305 The room was unheated except for a weak one-bar electric fire which had to be continually fed with tenpenny pieces. 1973 J. Porter It's Murder with Dover xiii. 130 MacGregor watched his tenpenny pieces disappearing down the greedy slot of the one-armed bandit. < as lemmas |
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