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Meanings of threepenny bit in English

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Usage of threepenny bit in English
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Thomas Chadwick might have flung the threepenny bit into the road.
The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories
2
But nothing could convince the doctor to surrender the threepenny bit.
The tower, the zoo and the tortoise
3
In the second place, that envelope was sealed, apparently with a threepenny bit.
Jess
4
She hunted for her little purse and gravely took out a threepenny bit.
The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition
5
Resurrecting the shape of the old threepenny bit is a stroke of genius.
The Guardian
6
Tim apologised for his moist finger and the threepenny bit.
The Extra Day
7
If a snipe were the size of a threepenny bit
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, Jan. 8, 1919
8
He fumbled in all his pockets, and, finally, with some difficulty, produced a threepenny bit.
'That Very Mab'
9
A whole shilling, a sixpence, and a threepenny bit.
The Kitchen Cat, and other Tales
10
But he insisted I take the threepenny bit.
The power of one
11
Imagine a man pinching my cheeks-it'ud be like picking up a threepenny bit off a glass counter.
Sally Bishop: A Romance
12
Nine out of ten people feel sincerely indignant when a threepenny bit is given to them in their change.
The Pleasures of Ignorance
13
The new coin, which resembles the old threepenny bit, entered circulation in March and has security features to thwart criminals.
The Guardian
14
Their position is quite reasonable; nay, in a sense it is infinitely reasonable, just as a threepenny bit is infinitely circular.
Orthodoxy
15
The popular hatred of certain coins, however, goes back to a far earlier date than the invention of the threepenny bit.
The Pleasures of Ignorance
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I split its tongue with a threepenny bit the way it would talk, but devil the word it ever said for me.
The Crock of Gold
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