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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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