| 单词 | ninepenny |
| 例句 | The fourpenny surface-printed stamp proved very successful, and was followed by other values—the shilling green, the threepenny rose, the sixpenny lilac, and the ninepenny straw colour. Peeps at Postage Stamps 2011-12-23T03:00:15.610Z Tuesday, 25th.–Note from Lady Amberly as I sat sewing on my ninepenny dress. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z As the jury emerged from the Shepherd’s Bush, which was not till afternoon—for they had stayed to spend their ninepenny fees—there struck on their ears a mournful sound. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z But no word of the half of a ninepenny bit. The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z That is to say, Mr. Hearty had taken off a halfpenny a pound from his tenpenny apples, and Mr. Black three farthings a bottle from his one and ninepenny lemon-squash. Adventures of Bindle In the previous chapter we spoke of the deep green shilling of 1862, which sells at �65 in an unused condition, and the ninepenny straw, catalogued at �30 when used. Peeps at Postage Stamps 2011-12-23T03:00:15.610Z The "dining-rooms," "à la mode beef shops," and "chop-houses" abounded in the "City," and with unvarying monotony served four, six, or ninepenny "plates" with astonishing rapidity, quite rivalling in a way the modern "quick lunch." Dickens' London He caught the eye of a barmaid, and she seemed to be saying to him sternly: 'If you think you can occupy this place all night on a ninepenny drink, you are mistaken. A Great Man A Frolic Samuel's repainted ninepenny may whiz past us at any moment. Once a Week Indoors he made baskets of assortments: threepenny, sixpenny, ninepenny and shilling baskets, rather like a bran pie in which everything was a plum. The Lost Girl I’m always ashamed, as it is, to ask for ninepenny sailor’s knots and one-and-twopenny kid gloves at the shop.” My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life Then we passed shuddering by many vacant booths that had once resounded with the revelry of ninepenny teas and the gingerbeer cork's staccato, and their forms were piled together and their trestles overturned. Certain Personal Matters I think I could commit a murder with less hesitation than some people buy a ninepenny calico. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 55, May, 1862 Occasionally he treated himself to threepenny or ninepenny classics, and they usually represented a suppression of potatoes or chops. The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories I don't believe you men know, half the time, whether a lady wears a ninepenny collar or a thread-lace cape worth a thousand dollars. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 33, July, 1860 I do not expect to get a one and twopenny tea with a fine two and ninepenny flavour. A Tale of One City: the New Birmingham Papers Reprinted from the "Midland Counties Herald" I see a real good ninepenny paper once, all covered over with green brakes. Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life Mr. Wrenn could hardly keep his feet on the pavement as they scampered to it and got ninepenny seats. Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man ‘At Warborne,—a place where they draw up young gam’sters’ brains like rhubarb under a ninepenny pan, my lady, excusing my common way. Two on a Tower "You can't expect to get much for the contents of a ninepenny puzzle, not even the price of a cab fare, Pugh." The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English Thinking it would make no difference to such a gorgeous young sybarite as Marden, I took the liberty of ordering ninepenny creams this time. The Story of a Bad Boy I heard the clink of approaching glasses—the ninepenny creams. The Story of a Bad Boy |
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