threepenny
/ˈθrɛpəni/
adjective
- Costing or worth three pence (a small amount of British money).
- She saved up her threepenny bits to buy a gift.
- He found an old threepenny coin in the drawer.
- In the old days, a threepenny loaf was enough for a family.
- Of little value; cheap or insignificant.
- He dismissed the offer as a threepenny affair not worth his time.
- They lived in a threepenny flat with barely enough room to sleep.
- The shop sold threepenny trinkets that broke within a week.
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