ninepenny, n. and a.
(ˈnaɪnpənɪ)
A. n.
1. A coin equal in value to nine pennies.
| 1830 Scott Demonol. iv. 138, I have several pieces to show, consisting of ninepennies, thirteen-pence-halfpennies. |
2. Ale that costs ninepence a gallon.
| 1886 Hardy Mayor Casterbr. I. xiii. 160 I'm in such a low key with drinking nothing but small table ninepenny this last week or two. |
B. adj.
1. Valued at or costing ninepence.
| 1894 Outing XXIV. 371/1 At Wrexham I passed the night in a nine-penny room. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 16 Feb. 3/1 A customer enters his shop and asks for ninepenny butter. |
2. ninepenny marl = nine men's morris.
| 1826 Hone Every-day Bk. II. 983 There is an ancient game, played by the ‘shepherds of Salisbury Plain,’..called ‘Ninepenny Marl’. |