threepence

/thrip-uhns, threp-, thruhp-; three-pens/US // ˈθrɪp əns, ˈθrɛp-, ˈθrʌp-; ˈθriˌpɛns //

三便士,三分钱,三角钱,叁便士

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : 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.

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!