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tenpence
tenpence (ˈtɛnpəns) [ten a. + pence.] A sum of money equal to ten pennies; sometimes used contemptuously, as only tenpence in the shilling, etc. because the amount is incomplete: cf. next.; since 1971 in the U.K., a coin worth ten (new) pence superseding the earlier two-shilling piece or florin; oft... Oxford English Dictionary
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Penny
"That costs tenpence."), but continued to be used to refer to more than one penny coin ("Here you are, a sixpence and four pennies."). wikipedia.org
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tenpenny
tenpenny, a. (n.) (ˈtɛnpənɪ) A. adj. 1. 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 b); also in contempt: cf. twopenny. tenpenny piece = B. 1.; also in the U.K., a decimal coin worth ten (... Oxford English Dictionary
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fivepenny
fivepenny, a. (ˈfaɪvpənɪ) [f. five a. + penny.] Valued at or amounting to fivepence. a fivepenny rate, fivepenny tax: one at fivepence in the pound.1799 in Deb. 7th Congr. U.S. 2 Sess. 1410, I was like⁓wise informed that this was done, and a five-penny-bit each paid freely for a copy. 18.. [see tenp... Oxford English Dictionary
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Félicien Trewey
After a year on the road, his reputation grew and landed him in a Marseille music hall, making tenpence (a coin worth ten pennies) a day. wikipedia.org
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Shoreham Tollbridge
of Oxen, Cows, or Neat Cattle, One Shilling and Eightpence:and so in Proportion for any less Number: For every Score of Calves, Hogs, Sheep or Lambs, Tenpence wikipedia.org
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Stilton
Stilton (ˈstɪlt(ə)n) [Name of a village in Cambridgeshire (formerly Huntingdonshire, on the Great North Road from London): see below.] a. Stilton cheese: a rich quality of cheese made at various places in Leicestershire; so called from having been originally largely sold to travellers at a coaching ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Oakwell Hall
In 1609, a floor was laid at a cost of five shillings and tenpence for seven days' work, as recorded in the account book. wikipedia.org
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postmark
▪ I. ˈpostmark, n. [f. post n.2 + mark n.1] A mark officially impressed upon letters or other postal packages for various purposes; formerly esp. one bearing the name of the office at which the letter was posted, with the words ‘paid’ or ‘unpaid’, and the amount of postage; later also, a mark used t... Oxford English Dictionary
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Foreign policy of William Ewart Gladstone
Gladstone refused to borrow the money needed to rectify this deficit and instead increased income tax by half, from sevenpence to tenpence-halfpenny in By May another £6,870,000 was needed for the war and Gladstone raised the income tax from tenpence halfpenny to fourteen pence in the pound to raise £3,250,000 wikipedia.org
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gill
▪ I. gill, n.1 (gɪl) Chiefly pl. Forms: 4 gile, 5 gyle, 5–6 gylle, 5–7 gille, 7 gil, guil(l, (gild), 6– gill. [Of obscure origin; Sw. gäl (MSw. gel masc.), Da. gjælle, which agree in meaning, do not account for the form of the English word. An ON. gjǫlnar, explained as ‘gills’ in Cleasby-Vigfusson, ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Labour government, 1964–1970
grant in the domestic element would be calculated as sufficient to subsidise domestic ratepayers to the extent of a fivepenny rate in the first year, tenpence wikipedia.org
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a
▪ I. † a, a.1 (def. numeral) Obs. or dial. [OE. án, one, of which the n began to disappear before a cons. about 1150. In the definite numeral sense, án and á, following the ordinary course of OE. long á, became in the south bef. 1300, on (oon, one), o (oo); and eventually o became obs., leaving one ... Oxford English Dictionary
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average
▪ I. ˈaverage, n.1 Old Law. Forms: 5– average; Sc. 6 avarage, arage, arrage, aryage, 6–9 arriage. [In OF. average (Godef.) and med. (Anglo-) L. averagium, apparently the same as avera in Domesday Book, explained by Spelman as ‘one day's work which the king's tenants gave to the sheriff.’ In the vern... Oxford English Dictionary
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working
▪ I. working, vbl. n. (ˈwɜːkɪŋ) [f. work v. + -ing1. Cf. MDu., MLG. werkinge, OHG. wer(a)chunga, MHG. werkunge; MHG. wurkung; (MH)G. wirkung.] The action of work v.; the result of this. I. 1. a. Performance of work or labour; † formerly also, that which is done, work.a 1300 Cursor M. 11997 Qui dos þ... Oxford English Dictionary
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