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threepenny

Pronunciation:  'thrupunee

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 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  of trifling worth
  2. [adj]  costing 3 cents (United States) or 3 pence (Britain)
  3. [adj]  used of nail size; 1 1/8 in long
 
 Synonyms: cheap, inexpensive, priced, sixpenny, sized, tuppeny, two-a-penny, twopenny, twopenny-halfpenny
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Three"pen*ny\, a.
Costing or worth three pence; hence, worth but little; poor;
mean.
 



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