But Gellybrand foully libelled me," cried Mr Poulter, with another outburst of anger, "when he stated that I only paid one and fourpence a pound for my tea.
They are given half a loaf, boiled beef, and porter for supper, have six small clean comfortable rooms lighted by a street gas-lamp outside, and are sent away with fourpence each in the morning.
Why, sir, I tell you he was sellin' them before my face for fourpence apiece.
Didn't I see you give Mr. Durfy a letther for fourpence this minit, and a bigger letther than this?
One day, just before dusk, she said to Jack: "Jack, will you give me your little purse that has the silver fourpence in it?
Every day this girl walked to and from her business, and every day the poor widow managed to find her fourpence that the girl might have a lunch in London City.
I've got threepence, and you boys have the fourpence each that your trams didn't cost the other day, so we can buy things to eat.
The annual sum wanted is two millions, and the average rate in which it falls, is thirteen shillings and fourpence per head.
The damage, on an average, is at least ten pounds sterling per head, which is as much as thirteen shillings and fourpence per head comes to for fifteen years.
Hand me out one pound thirteen and fourpenceif you don't like me to finish my job.
Please, sir, hand me one pound thirteen and fourpence before you sit down to your dinner.
If I have been so unfortunate as to damage your hat, sir, I shall be happy to present you with the sum of fourpence with which to provide yourself with another.
I givefourpence for that 'at not three months ago.
If the gentleman is a gentleman 'e'll give us fourpence apiece--both the two of us.
In 1876 South Australia followed suit, though in that colony the schooling is only free to those who cannot afford to pay a fee of fourpence per week for children under seven, and sixpence for older children.
Beer, or more frequently spirits, form the favourite 'nobbler,' the price of which varies from fourpence to eightpence in Sydney and Adelaide according to the drink.
And I declare if they ask not three shillings and fourpence for a quarter of veal!
It is in England taxed at three shillings and fourpence a bushel; about three times the original price of the commodity.
The different taxes upon small beer amount to one shilling and fourpence a-barrel.
The "fourpence" of the foundation would be equal to some three shillings and fourpence of our money.
Fourpence was a good price to give for a pair of shoes, and a halfpenny a day for food was a liberal allowance.
I wanted to offer him a fourpence for the trouble of picking the posies, but he looked so much like a gentleman and a Weathersfield Deacon, I was scared for fear he'd think I wanted to impose on him if I offered money.
I believe I forgot to take change for fourpence t'other day.
A quart of Arrack made into Punch for six shillings; and so in proportion to the smallest quantity, which is half-a-quartern for fourpence half-penny.
They charge only fourpence a day for this, and each baby has its own bag of clothing, brush and comb, towel and cot.
With the remaining fourpence he could purchase the right to sit in the lodging-house kitchen, and to sleep in a bed in a room with thirty or forty homeless ones like himself.
Each man pays fourpence a night here, for which he is entitled to a bed and the use of the kitchen and its fire to warm himself and cook his food.
Paying the requisite fourpence for the night's lodging, he entered, and was immediately hailed by several men who knew him, but being in no humour for good fellowship, he merely nodded and went straight up to his lowly bed.
It will indeed, Hetty, and all for fourpence a day, say you?
For instance, I wheeled earth, earning aboutfourpence a day by it.
I knew the pangs of hunger again, and earned from twopence to fourpence a day, where I could, by heavy and unpleasant work.
We rewarded him with a shilling, and from his profuse gratitude we conjecture that he only expected fourpence for the job.
Fourpence a week on tobacco gave me half-a-dozen cigarettes a day; I have spent more on smoke and derived less satisfaction.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "fourpence" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: crown; dollar; farthing; groat; guinea; mite; monkey; pence; penny; plum; pony; pound; quid; shilling; tuppence
