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Definition of "ninepences" [ninepences]

  • Plural form of ninepence. (noun)

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Use "ninepences" in a sentence
  • "The experience of the world on this point has been embodied in maxims such as these: "Take care of your cents, and dollars will take care of themselves;" "Save your ninepences," &c."
  • "Oh! you know all about it, -- everybody knows that it is just as sure to rain on a May morning, as it is to thaw when your schoolmaster attempts to treat himself and you to a sleigh-ride on _your_ hoarded ninepences!"
  • "What a pretty picture he makes, as he pushes back his thick locks, and flashes those great, dark, Italian eyes -- it is worth a hundred ninepences to see such a beaming face."