| 单词 | threepenny |
| 释义 | threepenny adjective[before noun] old useuk/ˈθrepən.i/us/ˈθrepən.i/worthorcostingthreeoldpennies: （价值）三便士的a threepennybit一枚三便士硬币 British money
Examplesofthreepennythreepenny He was a doctor at the time when doctors charged a shilling, but he was known as the 'threepennydoctor'. From theCambridge English Corpus He said he did not wantthreepennybits, and he did not know who did. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He does not know the difference between athreepennystamp and a drum of oil. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I presume that it is taken that people do not want to go to the trouble of getting athreepennyand a penny stamp. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We aways provided a penny, tuppenny orthreepennyrate towards the housing revenue account to share the burden of our massive slum clearance programme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 A man would have athreepennybet and there was a shilling entrance fee. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There will be a great slowing down while ordinary people are calculating new decimal currency coins in terms of half crowns, sixpences andthreepennybits. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He told us that athreepennyrate was the utmost he ever contemplated to be spent upon education. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Athreepennyrate there before this de-rating proposal would produce what it will take a fivepenny rate to produce in the future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If a married woman is to be insured upon athreepennybasis, we will say so later on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It looks like one of the oldthreepennybits, without the sawn-off edges. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In size these coins will be slightly larger than the silverthreepennypiece, the farthing and the present halfpenny. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I come to this debate like an oldthreepennybit—with many sides. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have not taken a turn atthreepennybits for a long time—let us strike them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The general feeling is that the twelve-sidedthreepennypiece is a boon and a blessing to men. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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