elevenpenny

English

Etymology

From eleven +‎ penny.

Adjective

elevenpenny (not comparable)

  1. Having a value or cost of elevenpence.
    • 1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 99:
      So was the glance of innocent inquiry she cast at Miss Gimblet and her friend, a glance that priced with deadly accuracy their three and sixpenny shoes and their two and elevenpenny blouses.
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