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Example sentences for "thirteenpence"

Lexicographically close words:
thirsting; thirsts; thirsty; thirteen; thirteene; thirteenth; thirtie; thirties; thirtieth; thirtith
  1. The mark was valued at thirteenpence halfpenny, or rather more than the shilling, which from time immemorial had been the hangman's wages.

  2. Calcraft's salary was more than the proverbial "thirteenpence halfpenny--hangman's wages.

  3. Ye think ye've a hard time o't, but there's waur things than sewin' jackets at thirteenpence the dizen.

  4. Doctor Musgrave have given for it, when he saw the letter from his sweetheart, and hadna the thirteenpence to open it?

  5. Peter; "is it really possible that anybody can have been so put about for a thirteenpence matter!

  6. To induce shopkeepers to search for them, he offered thirteenpence for one shilling's-worth, when many persons were silly enough to empty a large quantity of copper on their counters.


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