eightpenny
English
Etymology
eight + penny
Adjective
eightpenny (not comparable)
- Having a value or cost of eightpence.
- 1933, George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London, Chapter XXXVII,
- In the eightpenny dormitories the beds are comfortable, but there are so many of them (as a rule at least forty to a room), and so close together, that it is impossible to get a quiet night.
- 1933, George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London, Chapter XXXVII,
Derived terms
- eightpenny nail