spence
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 6
Definition of spence
6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
name
- Short form of the male given name Spencer.
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name
- Short form of the male given name Spencer.
- A surname.
- A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
- A locality in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia.
- A ghost town in Magnetawan township, Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.
noun
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(UK, dated, dialectal)A buttery or pantry.
“'I expect it was a dog which got into the spence and licked up the junket and ate the biscuits,' put in the old turf-cutter. 'I would lock and bar the spence-door, if I were you, the next time I put such nice things in there.'”
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Etymology
From Middle English spence, spense, borrowed from Middle French despense, from Medieval Latin dīspēnsa, noun use of feminine of Latin dīspēnsus, past participle of dīspendere (“weigh out”).
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