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Definition of Ninepences

Ninepences
Ninepence Nine"pence, n.; pl. Ninepences. 1. An old English silver coin, worth nine pence. 2. A New England name for the Spanish real, a coin formerly current in the United States, as valued at twelve and a half cents.
Ninepence
Ninepence Nine"pence, n.; pl. Ninepences. 1. An old English silver coin, worth nine pence. 2. A New England name for the Spanish real, a coin formerly current in the United States, as valued at twelve and a half cents.

Meaning of Ninepences from wikipedia

- The Nimble Ninepence was a variety store in Adelaide in the early days of the colony of South Australia, with a branch store at Kapunda, The shop was...
- mint that manufactured lozenge-shaped coins — half-crowns, shillings, ninepences, and sixpences. Royalist noblemen and gentlemen freely gave their flagons...
- This is baked for 30 to 45 minutes and serves five people at a cost of ninepence. Rhubarb was used medicinally as a purgative and this caused it to have...
- the course of his tenure as Chancellor. In 1861 the tax was reduced to ninepence (£0–0s–9d), in 1863 to sevenpence, in 1864 to fivepence and in 1865 to...
- cinemas in his youth, for the pre-decimalization price of 3 shillings and ninepence. "Casanova" was singled out for praise by a number of critics as a more...
- Ireland, the guinea was fixed to a value of 22 (Irish) shillings and ninepence, effectively pegging the Irish pound to sterling at a rate of 13 Irish...
- first bodice: a version for girls aged 9–13 was sold for one shilling and ninepence-halfpenny in 1908. The name has also been used for products from other...
- Cliff are reading the Sunday papers, plus the radical w****ly, "price ninepence, obtainable at any bookstall" as Jimmy snaps, claiming it from Cliff....
- as a substitute for ſ ('long s')) thus '1/9' means "one shilling and ninepence". A price expressed as a number of shillings with no additional pence...
- values were threepence (then first-class post); seven pence halfpenny; and ninepence. Grace's fame has endured and his large beard in particular remains familiar...