fourpenny

[ fawr-pen-ee, -puh-nee, fohr- ]

adjective

1. Carpentry.
   1. noting a nail 1.5 inches (3.8 centimeters) long.
   2. noting certain fine nails 1.375 inches (3.5 centimeters) long. : 4d
2. British. of the amount or value of fourpence.

fourpenny

/ ˈfɔːpənɪ /

adjective

1. slang.
   a blow, esp with the fist

Word History and Origins

Origin of fourpenny¹

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English. See four, penny

Example Sentences

In the carpenter's store forward there were hammers, awls, chisels, files, a saw, hundreds of nails, both sixpenny and fourpenny.

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That’s all right; £4 makes £99 10s. and 10s.—stop, let’s count them—count after your own father, as the saying is—four and five’s nine, and three fourpenny pieces; all right.

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Soon after this meeting the fourpenny deliveries commenced; and these were before long followed by the establishment of the universal Penny-post.

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There are two valuable triangular "Capes," however, namely, the fourpenny red and the penny blue, both of 1861.

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Although frequently referred to as a groat, it had no other official designation than a “fourpenny piece.”

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