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• n  a decimal coin worth ten pennies

• Charles was always a bit weak in the exchequeronce during his reign the funds in the national treasury dwindled to one pound, two shillings and tenpenceand lowborn Nelly .
• Housewives fretted about paying tenpence for limp lettuce and a shilling for fist-sized cauliflower.
• When he said no, she fished out a tenpence coin from her purse and sent him to a telephone.

Quotes

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• David Cameron in Independent
  Mr Cameron said: "I think there is a danger of politicians piling in to have their tenpence-worth and really they have to ask themselves whether this is having an overall good effect or not."