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Meanings of threepenny in английском

Of trifling worth.

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        Threepenny.

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                Usage of threepenny in английском
                1
                He got up, fumbling for his threepenny-piece, but failed to find it.
                Far Above Rubies
                2
                A second threepenny-piece will overlap the edge of the larger coin.
                Amusements in Mathematics
                3
                Indeed, threepenny-bits had practically vanished from circulation in the Five Towns.
                The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns
                4
                Thomas Chadwick might have flung the threepenny bit into the road.
                The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories
                5
                But nothing could convince the doctor to surrender the threepenny bit.
                The tower, the zoo and the tortoise
                6
                In the second place, that envelope was sealed, apparently with a threepenny bit.
                Jess
                7
                They were further startled to find only three threepenny-bits among all the coins.
                The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns
                8
                She hunted for her little purse and gravely took out a threepenny bit.
                The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition
                9
                Everybody had noticed for weeks past a growing dearth of threepenny-bits.
                The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns
                10
                Resurrecting the shape of the old threepenny bit is a stroke of genius.
                The Guardian
                11
                Tim apologised for his moist finger and the threepenny bit.
                The Extra Day
                12
                If a snipe were the size of a threepenny bit
                Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, Jan. 8, 1919
                13
                There were prayer-books and things to find, threepenny bits and sixpences for the collection.
                The Extra Day
                14
                We suppose the theory is that they have now taken to smoking threepenny cigars.
                Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 5, 1919
                15
                I hoarded threepenny bits while the money was changing and sacrificed my mother's dinner service.
                Anno Dracula
                16
                It is put up in threepenny packets, with which full directions for cooking are given.
                Reform Cookery Book (4th edition) / Up-To-Date Health Cookery fo...
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