eightpence

English

Etymology

From eight +‎ pence.

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Noun

eightpence (plural eightpences)

1. (historical, numismatics) A former coin worth eight pence; the monetary amount of eight pence.
   • 1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XXV, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], →OCLC:

     […] I went for a night to a lodging-house in Bow, where the charge was only eightpence.

Related terms

• twopence, tuppence
• threepence
• fourpence
• fivepence
• sixpence
• tenpence