threepencenoun [ U ]
uk/ˈθrʌp.əns/us/ˈθrʌp.əns/old usea small brass coin used in Britain until 1971, or an earlier silver-coloured coin, that was worth three old pennies, or this amount of money
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British money
- bit
- bob
- crown
- farthing
- fiver
- guinea
- pence
- penny
- penny
- pound
- pound sign
- pound sterling
- quid
- sixpenny
- smacker
- sovereign
- tenner
- tuppence
- tuppenny
- twopenny
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