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FIVEPENCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fivepence mean?
• FIVEPENCE (noun)
The noun FIVEPENCE has 1 sense:
1. a coin worth five cents
Familiarity information: FIVEPENCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A coin worth five cents
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("fivepence" is a kind of...):
coin (a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money)
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