单词 | threepence |
释义 | threepence /thrip"euhns, threp"-, thrup"-; three"pens'/, n. 1. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) Brit. a sum of three pennies. 2. a former cupronickel coin of the United Kingdom, a quarter of a shilling, equal to three pennies: use phased out after decimalization in 1971. Also, thrippence, thruppence. [1580-90; THREE + PENCE] |
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