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like cheese at fourpence

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English

Syllables
like cheese at -fourpence
IPA
37
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
2
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a person: waiting idly or timewasting.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From the mill towns of Lancashire, where fourpence was considered expensive for cheese and hence cheese for sale at that price would not be bought.

Questions

What does like cheese at fourpence mean?
Of a person: waiting idly or timewasting.
Where does like cheese at fourpence come from?
From the mill towns of Lancashire, where fourpence was considered expensive for cheese and hence cheese for sale at that price would not be bought.

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