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单词 trizzie
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trizzien.

Brit. /ˈtrɪzi/, U.S. /ˈtrɪzi/, Australian English /ˈtrɪzi/
Forms: 1900s trissy, 1900s– trizzie, 1900s– trizzy.
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: trey n., -sy suffix2.
Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < trey n. + -sy suffix2. Compare earlier trey-bit n. and trey-piece n. at trey n. Compounds.
Australian colloquial. Now historical.
A coin worth three old pence, in use in Australia prior to decimalization in 1966; a threepenny piece.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > coin of 3d
quarter-shilling1561
threepence1589
trip1600
threepenny piece1691
thrip1699
thrums1699
thruppence1895
trey-bit1898
trey1907
tray1910
trizzie1920
Joey1936
trey-point-
1920 Fremantle (W. Austral.) Herald 18 June The hat was taken round, and Wang collected a humble trizzy, a penny, and a few coins, age and denomination unknown.
1953 ‘Caddie’ Caddie 216 He was searching his pockets for the extra threepence he knew he didn't have. ‘Blimey, I'm sure I 'ad another trizzy somewhere.’
2011 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 10 Jan. (First ed.) 14 Linda recalls walking with her brother to the Grand Theatre in Sydney Rd, Coburg, each Saturday afternoon just after the war to ‘pay 3d (threepence—a tray, a trizzie) to get into the pictures.’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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