单词 | three-halfpence |
释义 | three-halfpencen. Money of the value of three halfpennies, or a penny and a halfpenny (1½d.); a silver coin of this value issued by Queen Elizabeth; also, a silver coin of William IV and Victoria, issued for use in Ceylon. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > coin of 1 1 or 2d three-halfpence1483 dandipratc1520 1483 Cath. Angl. 385/1 Threhalpenys, trissis (A.). 1555 J. Heywood Two Hundred Epigrammes with Thyrde sig. C.iiv They take three halfepens. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 181 To the Philosopher, three halfpence. 1872 Punch 9 Mar. 105/1 The fee for the hire of a chair with arms will be reduced to three~halfpence. 1898 G. B. Rawlings Story Brit. Coinage 65 The sixpence, threepence, threehalfpence, and threefarthings [of Q. Elizabeth], are distinguished by having a rose behind the head. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1483 |
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