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threepenny
[ thrip-uh-nee, threp-, thruhp-; three-pen-ee ]
adjective
- of the amount or value of threepence.
- of little worth.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of threepenny1
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Example Sentences
Jo managed to get next to the driver and extracted a deal of information at the expense of a threepenny tip.
He was a good-natured and honest man, though he did take bribes--from a threepenny bit up to a crown piece inclusive.
He does about three shillings' worth of labour for a bed whose only virtue is cleanliness, and about threepenny worth of food.
Egad, I was born under a threepenny planet, never to be worth a groat.
I then asked for a threepenny loaf, and was told they had none.
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