sevenpenny

[ sev-uhn-pen-ee ]

adjective

1. noting a nail 2¼ inches (6 centimeters) long. : 7d

Word History and Origins

Origin of sevenpenny¹

First recorded in 1350–1400 for earlier sense “costing seven pence”; Middle English; seven, penny ( def )

Example Sentences

Nelson's Sevenpenny Library represents the best that can be given to the public in the way of Reprints under present manufacturing conditions.

From Project Gutenberg

Not of themselves, perhaps, though they were squalid drabs long ere they were ripe for the sevenpenny church: but by comparison with the clean, remote shop-girls who were visible through the broad windows in the outer streets.

From Project Gutenberg

We may suppose, for example, sixpences to have been coined first, then sevenpenny and eightpenny pieces, and so on up to a shilling, then pieces representing thirteen, fourteen and fifteen pence, and so on up to a half-crown or crown; but all the intervening denominations between the sixpence and the shilling, and between the shilling and the half-crown, were found practically of little use.

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The Examiner has let down its price from a tenpenny to a sevenpenny.

From Project Gutenberg

Almost every available bit of wall-space was taken up with book-cases groaning under the weight of volumes of all sizes and ages, from the leatherbound tomes of the late Stuart period to the modern "sevenpenny."

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