Fourpence

(noun.) a former English silver coin worth four pennies.

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• It is in England taxed at three shillings and fourpence a bushel; about three times the original price of the commodity. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The different taxes upon small beer amount to one shilling and fourpence a-barrel. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• My friends, says Chadband, eightpence is not much; it might justly have been one and fourpence; it might justly have been half a crown. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• A pound of wheat at a penny is as dear as a pound of butcher's meat at fourpence. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Large quantities are also imported from Germany, where they are manufactured so cheaply, that fifty boxes each containing 100 matches, are sold for fourpence. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Four minae were equal to thirteen pounds six shillings and eightpence; five minae to sixteen pounds thirteen shillings and fourpence. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.

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