threepence / ˈθrɪp əns, ˈθrɛp-, ˈθrʌp-; ˈθriˌpɛns /
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threepence 的定义
n. 名词 noun- British. a sum of three pennies.
- a former cupronickel coin of the United Kingdom, a quarter of a shilling, equal to three pennies: use phased out after decimalization in 1971.
更多threepence例句
- I take cigar-smoking as an expense of, say, half-a-crown a-day, and pipe-smoking at threepence.
- A post in France is six miles, and one shilling and threepence is charged for each horse, and sevenpence for the driver.
- Mutton seldom exceeds threepence English money per pound, and beef is usually somewhat cheaper.
- It was minted in the Bran Tubs from which, paying your threepence, you drew forth a penny toy.
- By this labor he earns, every day, threepence for the state, and a halfpenny for himself!