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three-wheeled |
three-year-old |
three-year-old horse |
threefold |
threepence |
threepenny
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| threnetical
threepenny
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective threepenny has 2 senses
- threepenny(s = adj.all) Array - used of nail size; 1 1/8 in long; Array
- threepenny(s = adj.all) sixpenny, tuppeny, two-a-penny, twopenny, twopenny-halfpenny - of trifling worth; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
threepenny, a.
Costing or worth three pence; hence, worth but little; poor; mean. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
threepenny, adj. Brit. costing three pence, esp. before decimalization.
Idiom
threepenny bit hist. a former coin worth three old pence.
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