ninepence definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a coin worth nine pennies Webster's 1913 Dictionary Ninepence Nine"pence, n.; pl. Ninepences. 1. An old English silver ...
... shilling of Henry VIII of England decreasing in value to ninepence and then to sixpence in Shakespeare's time b. a ... of the value of about eighteen pence, subsequently reduced to ninepence, and later to sixpence, sterling. Hence, in modern English slang ...