Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A coin worth three pennies, formerly used in Great Britain.
- noun The sum of three pennies.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A current English silver coin of the value of three pennies (6 cents), issued by Queen Victoria. Usually called
threepenny-piece or threepenny. - noun The sum or amount of three pennies.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun engraving A small silver coin of three times the value of a penny.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The amount of money equal to that of three
pennies (old or new). - noun countable A former (
pre-decimalisation ) British coin worth threeold pennies .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun former cupronickel coin of the United Kingdom equal to three pennies
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Examples
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If you doubt the truth of this statement you have only to come round to my place, where you can see for yourself the threepence, which is still in my possession.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-25 Various
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Such seductive scraps of meat, which would make a breakfast nourishing as well as relishing, possibly even what called itself a dinner, blushing to see themselves labelled threepence or fourpence!
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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Such seductive scraps of meat, which would make a breakfast nourishing as well as relishing, possibly even what called itself a dinner, blushing to see themselves labelled threepence or fourpence!
Our Hundred Days in Europe Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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To bring the value of the precious metals nearer to a par, the Primate, Boulter, who was chiefly trusted by the British Government in the administration of Ireland, published a proclamation reducing the value of the gold coin threepence in each guinea.
The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 Jonathan Swift 1706
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Room and board, all the bread you care to carry home at the end of the day, and threepence a week.
THE RIVER KINGS’ ROAD Liane Merciel 2010
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While he gambled away copper threepence and silver solis on bad rolls, he listened to the talk at the table.
THE RIVER KINGS’ ROAD Liane Merciel 2010
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He only had threepence a week pocket-money and half a-crown seemed riches to him.
Separate Douglas Light 2010
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He said that every cat in the beginning of the world had ninepence and that it gave threepence to have nine lives, threepence to see in the dark, and threepence that we might leave it a plateful of milk every day.
Later Articles and Reviews W.B. Yeats 2000
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That the same authority which can force a citizen to contribute threepence only of his property for the support of any one establishment may force him to conform to any other establishment in all cases whatsoever?
My Masterplan to Remove God from the U.S. Constitution « Publius the Geek 2009
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He had to give threepence for a copy of that paper.
The War of The Worlds H. G. Wells 2009
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