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The Collaborative International Dictionary
ninepenny

ninepenny \ninepenny\ adj.

  1. 2-3/4 in or 7 cm long; -- used of nail size; as, a ninepenny nail.

  2. costing 9 cents (US) or 5 pence (Britain).

Wiktionary
ninepenny

a. Having a value or cost of ninepence. n. (cx historical English) A relatively cheap seat in a cinema, costing ninepence.

WordNet
ninepenny

adj. used of nail size; 2 3/4 in or 7 cm long

Usage examples of "ninepenny".

Slew Maelys the Monstrous, last of the Blackfyre Pretenders, in single combat during the War of the Ninepenny Kings.

We left Musselburgh before the first ninepenny coach was due from Edinburgh for (as Alan said) that was a rencounter we might very well avoid.