- as ninepence used in similes expressing high satisfaction. informal
1968Catherine AirdHenrietta Who? A rare old state it was in … but your mother … had it right as ninepence in next to no time.
2012The Register Top archaeologists are chuffed as ninepence this week to announce that they have unearthed a massive statue … which was probably an 'idol' tumbled down by a terrible race of warriors referred to in the Bible.