eightpenny

English

Etymology

eight +‎ penny

Adjective

eightpenny (not comparable)

1. Having a value or cost of eightpence.
   • 1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XXXVII, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], →OCLC:

     In the eightpenny dormitories the beds are comfortable, but there are so many of them (as a rule at least forty to a room), and so close together, that it is impossible to get a quiet night.

Derived terms

• eightpenny nail