Fourpence

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Alluding to how messages get misheard and distorted when passed down the line from one person to another. Similar to the "Telephone" game in the United States and a less racial version of the British phrase "Chinese Whispers" or the French "téléphone arable". A story from WWI has it that the important message "Send reinforcements, we're going to advance" was passed along a series of radio operators from the front until it became "Send three and fourpence, we're going to a dance". Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to fourpence:
fourpence, fourpenny.

Adjectives that are often used to describe fourpence:
and, one, price, three, two, weekly, nine, worth, six, four.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective fourpence:
halfpenny, halfpennies, pennies, penny, parchment.

Words that sound like fourpence:
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