sevenpence

English

Etymology 1

From seven +‎ pence.

Noun

sevenpence pl (plural only)

1. (UK, obsolete) The value of seven old pennies.
   • 1895, F. J. Cross, Beneath the Banner‎^[1]:

     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!

   • 1850, Thomas Carlyle, Latter-Day Pamphlets‎^[2]:

     "A Costermonger in this street," says Crabbe, "finding lately that his rope of onions, which he hoped would have brought a shilling, was to go for only sevenpence henceforth, burst forth into lamentation, execration and the most pathetic tears.

Etymology 2

From the above.

Noun

sevenpence (plural sevenpences)

1. (UK, obsolete, rare) Construed as singular.