The Collaborative International Dictionary
Twelvepence
Twelvepence \Twelve"pence\, n. A shilling sterling, being about twenty-four cents.
Wiktionary
twelvepence
n. The monetary amount of twelve pence.
Usage examples of "twelvepence".
This wide world though that I should it win, No have I not twelvepence within my hold.
Sergeant McGivern had seen it happen and reported the man, and so on top of his marital troubles Thomas Cresacre would now lose fivepence from a day's pay of twelvepence.