three-penny bit

A form of threepenny bit — A former (pre-decimalisation) British or Irish coin worth three old pennies.

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Meanings

nounthree-penny bit (plural three-penny bits)

plural three-penny bits

  1. alternativeAlternative form of threepenny bit.

    Spinola acquiesced with the air of one to whom a three-penny bit or a kingdom would have been equally indifferent.

    1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
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Chicago

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