fourpenny
Inch-and-a-half fastener
Fourpenny means costing or worth four pennies, a designation that survives mainly in British historical contexts.
A fourpenny bit was a small silver coin.
The word appears in set phrases: a fourpenny one is slang for a punch or blow to the head.
Quarter-penny coin
- shillingFormer British monetary unit
- groatHistorical English fourpenny piece
- tuppenceTwo old pence
- copperReddish-brown metallic element
denomination · Victorian · currency · coinage · small change · pocket money · loose change · sterling
Contemptibly meager
- meagerDeficient in quantity
- pittanceInsultingly small payment
- triflingOf no real importance
- nominalIn designation only
insignificant · petty · negligible · inconsequential · token · modest · scant · slight
farthing
Quarter-penny coin
copper · denomination · Victorian · currency · coinage · small change · pocket money · loose change · sterling · British
paltry
Contemptibly meager
nominal · insignificant · petty · negligible · inconsequential · token · modest · scant · slight · minor
brad
Thin wire fastener
joinery · woodwork · hardware · timber · clout · spike · fixing · securing · peg · construction