thruppence
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9.9
A British coin worth three old pence used before Britain changed its money
- noun
- /ˈθrʌp.əns/
- Archaic
:
tres peniques
- You could buy a loaf of bread for just two thruppence.
Examples
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That will be one shilling and thruppence.
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Fifteen shillings a week at thruppence an hour.
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...of four pounds, ten and thruppence?
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- Thruppence, please.
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Thruppence, Mrs. Cavendish, when I brought her stationery.
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The ticket to the show cost three thruppence.
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He found an old coin worth three thruppence in his pocket.
Synonyms
1
9.9
A small old British coin worth three pennies before Britain changed to decimal money
is the alternate spelling for the same coin
Surface Forms
thruppence singular
thruppences plural
Morphology
Etymology
Thruppence comes from combining three and pence, meaning 'three pennies', so it was the small coin worth three old pence.