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fourpenny

[ fawr-pen-ee, -puh-nee, fohr- ]

adjective

  1. Carpentry.
    1. noting a nail 1.5 inches (3.8 centimeters) long.
    2. noting certain fine nails 1.375 inches (3.5 centimeters) long. : 4d
  2. British. of the amount or value of fourpence.


fourpenny

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adjective

  1. slang.
    a blow, esp with the fist
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of fourpenny1

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English. See four, penny
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In the carpenter's store forward there were hammers, awls, chisels, files, a saw, hundreds of nails, both sixpenny and fourpenny.

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That’s all right; £4 makes £99 10s. and 10s.—stop, let’s count them—count after your own father, as the saying is—four and five’s nine, and three fourpenny pieces; all right.

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Soon after this meeting the fourpenny deliveries commenced; and these were before long followed by the establishment of the universal Penny-post.

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British fourpenny bright orange, Edward issue—has fifteen holes per 2 centimetres along the top and bottom edges, and fourteen holes along either side.

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Although frequently referred to as a groat, it had no other official designation than a “fourpenny piece.â€

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