eighteenpenny

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

eighteen +‎ penny

Adjective[edit]

eighteenpenny (not comparable)

  1. Having a value or cost of eighteenpence.
    • 1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC:
      On his head he wore one of the common eighteenpenny French skull-caps, with a gawdy tassel dangling therefrom, very happily in keeping with a common fustian coat.
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