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A ten penny nail reffers to the size of the nail.
A ten penny nail is 3 inches long.
An 8 penny 2 1/2 inches.
A 16 penny 3 1/2 inches
Penny system "was based on the number of nails of that size in one pound. In time this came to be mispronounced until it became "penny". A ten-penny nail weighed 10 pounds (pennies) per thousand nails."
A ten penny nail is 3 inches long.
An 8 penny 2 1/2 inches.
A 16 penny 3 1/2 inches
Penny system "was based on the number of nails of that size in one pound. In time this came to be mispronounced until it became "penny". A ten-penny nail weighed 10 pounds (pennies) per thousand nails."
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It is commonly believed that the origin of the term "penny" in relation to nail size is based on the old custom in England of selling nails by the hundred. A hundred nails that sold for six pence were "six penny" nails. The larger the nail, the more a hundred nails would cost, hence the larger nails have a larger number for their penny size. This classification system was still used in England in the 18th century, but is obsolete there now.
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ten·pen·ny nail (tnpn, -p-n)
n.
A nail 3.0 inches (7.6 centimeters) long.
[From its original price per hundred.]
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