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单词 three-halfpenny
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three-halfpennyadj.n.

/ˈθriːheɪp(ə)ni/
Forms: see three adj. and halfpenny n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: three adj., halfpenny n.
Etymology: < three adj. + halfpenny n. Compare three-halfpence n.
That is worth, or costs, three-halfpence; often depreciatory epithet of anything held in small esteem: paltry, vile, contemptible. Also n. a three-halfpenny piece: see three-halfpence n.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > paltry, mean, or contemptible
unworthlyc1230
wretcha1250
seely1297
vilec1320
not worth a cress (kerse)1377
the value of a rushc1380
threadbarec1412
wretched1450
miserable?a1513
rascal1519
prettya1522
not worth a whistlea1529
pegrall1535
plack1539
pelting1540
scald1542
sleeveless1551
baggage1553
paltering1553
piddling1559
twopenny1560
paltry1565
rubbish1565
baggagely1573
pelfish1577
halfpenny1579
palting1579
baubling1581
three-halfpenny1581
pitiful1582
triobolar1585
squirting1589
not worth a lousea1592
hedge1596
cheap1597
peddling1597
dribbling1600
mean1600
rascally1600
three-farthingc1600
draughty1602
dilute1605
copper1609
peltry?a1610
threepenny1613
pelsy1631
pimping1640
triobolary1644
pigwidgeon1647
dustya1649
fiddling1652
puddlinga1653
insignificant1658
piteous1667
snotty1681
scrubbed1688
dishonourable1699
scrub1711
footy1720
fouty1722
rubbishing1731
chuck-farthing1748
rubbishy1753
shabby1753
scrubby1754
poxya1758
rubbishly1777
waff-like1808
trinkety1817
meanish1831
one-eyed1843
twiddling1844
measly1847
poking1850
picayunish1852
vild1853
picayune1856
snide1859
two-cent1859
rummagy1872
faddling1883
finicking1886
slushy1889
twopence halfpenny1890
jerk1893
pissy1922
crappy1928
two-bit1932
piddly1933
chickenshit1934
pissing1937
penny packet1943
farkakte1960
pony1964
gay1978
1581 B. Gilpin Godly Serm. 31 A great number..keepe them [the livings] as their owne lands, and giue some three halfpeny Priest a curats wages.
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1287/1 To let it perish in threehalfepenie pamphlets, and so die in obliuion.
1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 142 We laugh't at the silliness of the poor Indians..for parting with a massy lump of Gold-ore for a three halfpenny knife.
1726–31 N. Tindal tr. P. Rapin de Thoyras Hist. Eng. (1743) II. xvii. 157 The Three Half-penny Piece (coined by this queen only).
1898 G. B. Rawlings Story Brit. Coinage 66 The threehalfpennies, pennies and threefarthings have as their obverse legend E D G Rosa sine spina.
1898 G. B. Rawlings Story Brit. Coinage 200 William IV also coined silver three-halfpenny pieces for Ceylon and the West Indies.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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