I think the price of meat was twopence per pound.
"Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer"
W. C. Scully
It would be thought that in these days of cheap literature, these papers, charging twopence, threepence, and even fourpence per copy, could not possibly continue to exist.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
Cases have been known of American cheese being sold in manufacturing towns as low as twopence per pound retail-given away by despairing competition.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies