I should't tak ye to be aboon ninepence to t' shillin' at the varra most. |
As it was pirated, so the price crept up, ninepence, one shilling, one shilling and sixpence, half-a-crown, and then it came out in instalments. |
After all her painful traffic, the whole proceeds were perhaps half a dozen coppers, and a questionable ninepence which ultimately proved to be copper likewise. |
I hate to borrow as much as Mother does, and I knew Aunt March would croak, she always does, if you ask for a ninepence. |
Ninepence was the sum he had to take home every night, and there was not a halfpenny to spare. |
Rather a poor one, I should say, since you had to borrow a ninepence. |