| 单词 | threepenny bit |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthreepenny bit c. colloq. A small coin or ‘piece’ of money, the value being generally named, as seven-shilling bit (an obs. English gold coin), sixpenny bit, fourpenny bit, and threepenny bit. In slang = fourpence. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun] > small coins collectively > a small coin orkyn1542 liarda1549 solda1549 scute1594 orkey1648 sock1688 styca1705 dump1821 scuddick1823 bit1829 posh1830 rag1866 tosser1935 1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer I. ii. 68 A seven shilling bit would be thought handsome. threepenny bit b. threepenny bit (bit n.2 10b), threepenny piece = threepence n. 2; also figurative (in reference to the size of the silver coin) something very small. Also elliptically threepenny. ΘΚΠ 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- 1691 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 8) 47 A Leaf as broad as a Threepenny Piece. 1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 311 Pieces of..bone, varying in size from that of a threepenny-piece to half-a-crown. 1884 W. Black in Harper's Mag. Dec. 21/2 A small threepenny-bit of a creature. 1892 A. Maclaren Paul's Prayers (1893) 289 Only a threepenny bit and not a talent. 1905 Daily Chron. 8 Nov. 6/7 Threepennies, indeed, are as characteristic of the provinces as the farthing is peculiar to London. < as lemmas |
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