sevenpence

Etymology

From seven + pence.

sevenpence means the value of seven old pennies. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.

noun

The value of seven old pennies.“A newspaper cost sevenpence; there were no national schools or Sunday schools, no penny publications, no penny postage, no railways, no gas, and no free libraries, and no free education!”