Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ninepence"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ninepence \Nine"pence\, n.; pl. {Ninepences}.
1. An old English silver coin, worth nine pence.
2. A New England name for the Spanish real, a coin formerly
current in the United States, as valued at twelve and a
half cents.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ninepence
n : a coin worth nine pennies
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