n. A former British silver coin, worth nine old pennies.
n. Nine old pennies.
n. A Spanish real, valued at twelve and a half cents.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. An old English silver coin, worth nine pence.
n. A New England name for the Spanish real, a coin formerly current in the United States, as valued at twelve and a half cents.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The sum of nine pennies.
n. In New England, a Spanish silver coin, the real (of Mexican plate), about equal in value to 9 pence of New England currency, or 12½ cents. The word is still occasionally used in reckoning.
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n. a coin worth nine pennies
Word Usage
"They have now been reduced to ninepence a word to Australia or eighteen cents."