sevenpenny

American  

[sev-uhn-pen-ee] / ˈsɛv ənˌpɛn i /

adjective

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

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Etymology

Origin of sevenpenny

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

Example Sentences

Well, it is notorious that if the sevenpenny publishers are publishing one particular book just now, that book is "Kipps."

From Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 by Bennett, Arnold

For when there are no six-shilling novels to reprint, obviously there can be no sevenpenny reprints of them.

From Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 by Bennett, Arnold

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."

From Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

There were books about, many books; sevenpenny editions of novels that hadn’t fallen quite stillborn from the press, and one or two by Wells and Lawrence and Somerset Maugham.

From The Rustle of Silk by Hamilton, Cosmo

Three days out and the ship's library was taken by assault, and the sevenpenny novels that formed it disappeared into the cabins.

From From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st Canadian brigade by Curry, Frederic C.