Threepence
[θripәns]
Definition
(noun.) former cupronickel coin of the United Kingdom equal to three pennies.
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Definition
(n.) A small silver coin of three times the value of a penny.
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Examples
- Its real value was equal to ten shillings and threepence of our present money. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Five shillings turned is six, turned again it is seven and threepence, and so on till it becomes a hundred pounds. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Cotton and all mixed fabrics were taxed threepence per yard, and the prohibition on printed cotton goods was withdrawn. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Egbert, my eldest (twelve), is the boy who sent out his pocket-money, to the amount of five and threepence, to the Tockahoopo Indians. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- But at an expense of threepence I soon refreshed myself completely; and, being in better spirits then, limped seven miles upon my road. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- They were subjected, indeed, to a small poundage duty, amounting only to threepence in the hundred weight, upon their re-exportation. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- No money,' pursued Mortimer; 'but threepence in one of the skirt-pockets. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- An ox hide, therefore, would in those times have purchased as much corn as ten shillings and threepence would purchase at present. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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