threepence

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The amount of money equal to that of three pence (old or new).

   ‘Can you let me have threepence for an urgent telephone call?’.

2. 2
   noun

   former cupronickel coin of the United Kingdom equal to three pennies

3. 3
   noun

   A former (pre-decimalisation) British or Irish coin worth three old pence.

From three + pence.

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