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What is a ninepence?

What is a ninepence? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (obsolete, Britain) A former British silver coin, worth nine old pennies.
  2. (obsolete, Britain) Nine old pennies.
  3. (obsolete, New England) A Spanish real, valued at twelve and a half cents.
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What do we want of two horses down here, at two and ninepence a day?
Was in the army long enough to get a pension of ninepence a day.
Fifteen hundred and twenty-seven pound, four and ninepence ha'penny,' replied Mr Scaley, without moving a limb.
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.
Rather a poor one, I should say, since you had to borrow a ninepence.
Ninepence was the sum he had to take home every night, and there was not a halfpenny to spare.

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