单词 | three-halfpenny |
释义 | three-halfpennyadj.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. ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.n.1581 |
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