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mind-doc | 17:08 Sun 09th Dec 2012 | Crosswords
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4d colloquial wd for 2d (8) t?p?e?c?..can't figure ...help!
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4d Tuppence - '2d' refers to 2 pennies (old notation), not '2 down'
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tuppence
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4d Tuppence - '2d' refers to 2 pennies (old notation), not '2 down'
17:09 Sun 09th Dec 2012
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tuppence - but I don't know what 2d is!
17:09 Sun 09th Dec 2012
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Before decimalisation, pence was written as 'd', e.g. four pence was 4d. The d stood for denarii (plural of Latin denarius). The d was a hangover from way back.
17:13 Sun 09th Dec 2012
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many thanks lie-in you always give the reason..so helpful!
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