Threepence

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A coin worth three pennies, formerly used in Great Britain.
  • n. The sum of three pennies.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The amount of money equal to that of three pennies (old or new).
  • n. A former (pre-decimalisation) British coin worth three old pennies.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A small silver coin of three times the value of a penny.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A current English silver coin of the value of three pennies (6 cents), issued by Queen Victoria. Usually called threepenny-piece or threepenny.
  • n. The sum or amount of three pennies.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. former cupronickel coin of the United Kingdom equal to three pennies
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    coin   
    Cross Reference
    twopence    tenpence    fourpence    fivepence    sixpence   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    threepenny bit    thruppence   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    fourpence    groat    twopence    sixpence    sevenpence   
     
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