attributiveCosting or worth three pence, especially before decimalization (1971).
Example sentencesExamples
I vividly remember the threepenny lucky dips (a barrel filled with straw and some wrapped treasures) where you could hardly wait to open your surprise.
Definition of threepenny in US English:
threepenny
adjective
British
1attributiveCosting or worth three pence, especially before decimalization (1971).
Example sentencesExamples
I vividly remember the threepenny lucky dips (a barrel filled with straw and some wrapped treasures) where you could hardly wait to open your surprise.
1.1Trifling or paltry; of little worth.
a threepenny production
Example sentencesExamples
Lloyd George felt much the same about The Times which was, he said scornfully, merely a threepenny edition of the Daily Mail.