Definition of "eighteenpence" [eighteenpence]

• The monetary amount of eighteen pence. (noun)

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• "Then I took it on myself to cross-examine a tramping family in black (mother alleged, I have no doubt by herself in person, to have died last week), and to accompany eighteenpence which produced a great effect, with moral admonitions which produced none at all."
• "The worthy lady pocketed the eighteenpence with a most business – like air, and Squeers passed on to the next boy, as coolly as possible."
• "‘Oh!’ said Squeers: ‘Cobbey’s grandmother is dead, and his uncle John has took to drinking, which is all the news his sister sends, except eighteenpence, which will just pay for that broken square of glass."