tenner

[ ten-er ]

noun

, Informal.

1. a 10-dollar bill.
2. British. a 10-pound note.

tenner

/ ˈtɛnə /

noun

1. 1. a ten-pound note
   2. the sum of ten pounds
2. a ten-dollar bill

Word History and Origins

Origin of tenner¹

First recorded in 1840–50; ten + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Give 'im good weather an' a lot o' women, 'n' he'll batter his tenner ev'ry day.

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They have no essential bearing upon this, my tale, which is no love story, for love and E. Van Tenner were strangers.

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The protrusive jaw was thrust up under E. Van Tenner's retiring nose.

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Its reluctance was quite uncanny until E. Van Tenner observed that in some way the pencil had got afoul of the pocket flap.

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"A colloquial expression of the philosophy of indifference," observed E. Van Tenner with a smile.

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