Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fourpence"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fourpence \Four"pence\, n.
1. A British silver coin, worth four pence; a groat.
2. A name formerly given in New England to the Spanish half
real, a silver coin worth six and a quarter cents.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fourpence
n : a former English silver coin worth four pennies [syn: {groat}]
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