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Meaning of threepenny in English:

threepenny

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adjective

British attributive

  • Costing or worth three pence, especially before decimalization (1971).

    • ‘I vividly remember the threepenny lucky dips (a barrel filled with straw and some wrapped treasures) where you could hardly wait to open your surprise.’

Pronunciation

threepenny

/ˈθrɛp(ə)ni/ /ˈθrɪp(ə)ni/ /ˈθrʌp(ə)ni/ /ˈθrʊp(ə)ni/