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One of the food trucks outside needs to muscle in on that red hot fish finger sandwich market and sell an equivalent for a tenner. Fish Finger sandwich price wars.
Just bought a Brazilian Mono issue of Younger Than Yesterday for a tenner!
All the banks are closed and the cash machines have vanished, but it's okay because you can get a tenner from the post office if you submit a request five working days in advance
Oh really? That's so bad! Yeah I got shafted by Nick Clegg and was one of the lucky ones who started their degree just as they increased tuition fees 🙃 might offer them a tenner and my completed 2014 world cup sticke…
Feel bad, but had to block the Ugandan humanist orphanage chap. It's a great cause and I was happy to donate, but the requests via DM for more donations were just too much. Sling 'em a tenner if you can.
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A tennis shoe.
I’ve visited Eton, there’s loads of places like it, and if that’s all you know, then you’ve definitely not had to worry about pulling a tenner out of the bank…
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(informal, UK, Irish) A monetary note whose face value is ten basic units of currency. Originally, a ten-shilling (half pound) note.
“Aww. I'd put a tenner to win on that horse 🐎”
“All the banks are closed and the cash machines have vanished, but it's okay because you can get a tenner from the post office if you submit a request five working days in advance”
“Oh really? That's so bad! Yeah I got shafted by Nick Clegg and was one of the lucky ones who started their degree just as they increased tuition fees 🙃 might offer them a tenner and my completed 2014 world cup sticker book.. that my student loan probably funded 😅”
[...] or, if you're feeling brave, a tenner. Tell your child they have a chance to win the fiver if they can [...]
“All the banks are closed and the cash machines have vanished, but it's okay because you can get a tenner from the post office if you submit a request five working days in advance”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Oh really? That's so bad! Yeah I got shafted by Nick Clegg and was one of the lucky ones who started their degree just as they increased tuition fees 🙃 might offer them a tenner and my completed 2014 world cup sticker book.. that my student loan probably funded 😅”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Feel bad, but had to block the Ugandan humanist orphanage chap. It's a great cause and I was happy to donate, but the requests via DM for more donations were just too much. Sling 'em a tenner if you can.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“so a scroll through Vinted and I got some FatFace dungarees for a tenner! I might not have my white Pods anymore but I have a couple of pairs of Red or Dead sandals. Move over Kevin Roland, there's a new kid on the block 🤣😂 #80s #dungarees”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Aww. I'd put a tenner to win on that horse 🐎”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(film, slang) A kind of 10-kilowatt lamp.
The more a shop looks as though it trades in farthings and ha’pennies, the more tenners and twenties you can expect to hand over at the till.
“If something costs 56 billion, that means I have to pay 100% of that to get it. I have a tenner in my wallet RIGHT NOW. If, I offer *all* of that 10 then that is 100% of what I have. So, yes, I can afford to buy Ebay as well.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“When I first moved to London in 1990 it was just over £1 a pint, you could get absolutely wrecked for a tenner. Some places down here it’s £10 a pint now - even accounting for inflation that’s heck of a hike. Who’s got £100 to go out for a few ales?”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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