threepenny

/thrip-uh-nee, threp-, thruhp-; three-pen-ee/US // ˈθrɪp ə ni, ˈθrɛp-, ˈθrʌp-; ˈθriˌpɛn i //

三便士,三分钱,三毛钱,三文钱

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

Jo managed to get next to the driver and extracted a deal of information at the expense of a threepenny tip.
He was a good-natured and honest man, though he did take bribes--from a threepenny bit up to a crown piece inclusive.
He does about three shillings' worth of labour for a bed whose only virtue is cleanliness, and about threepenny worth of food.
Egad, I was born under a threepenny planet, never to be worth a groat.
I then asked for a threepenny loaf, and was told they had none.