eighteenpence

English

Etymology

eighteen +‎ pence

Noun

eighteenpence (countable and uncountable, plural eighteenpences)

1. The monetary amount of eighteen pence.
   • 1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XXXIII, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], →OCLC:

     Paddy and I set aside eighteenpence for our beds, and spent threepence on the usual tea-and-two-slices, which we shared—an appetizer rather than a meal.

   • 1974, O R Dathorne, The Black Mind: A History of African Literature:

     Akrofi, to pay for a cutlass he has bought for eighteenpence to begin farming, agrees to work free...