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tenpence

NOUN
  1. a decimal coin worth ten pennies

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  • Soothly, I discovered that diachylum emplasture was tenpence the pound, and tamarinds fivepence; and grew well weary of ringing the changes upon rosin and frankincense, litharge and turpentine, oil of violets and flowers of beans, _Gratia In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers
  • There were grown men walking the streets of Belfast who hadn't got tenpence to their name, and no chance of getting it. AT THE STROKE OF TWELVE
  • Dr. Johnson's statue can be seen any day for twopence, which is tenpence less than Madame Tassaud charges for admission to her wax effigies, and must therefore be considered cheap. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
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