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S vs Ninepence - What's the difference?

s | ninepence |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun ninepence is

(obsolete|british) a former british silver coin, worth nine old pennies.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=··· , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    ninepence

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, British) A former British silver coin, worth nine old pennies.
  • *1663 ,
  • *:His wits were sent him for a token, \ But in the carriage crack'd and broken. \ Like commendation nine-pence , crookt \ With—to and from my love—it lookt.
  • (obsolete, British) Nine old pennies.
  • (obsolete, New England) A Spanish real, valued at twelve and a half cents.

    • Derived terms

    *commendation ninepence

    References

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