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thrippenny

thrippenny is the alternative form of threepenny.

Meaning of threepenny

Adjective

threepenny (not comparable)

  1. Having a value or cost of threepence.
  2. Of little worth; mean; vulgar.

See all 3 meanings of threepenny

Questions about thrippenny

What is thrippenny the alternative form of?
Thrippenny is the alternative form of threepenny.

Words near thrippenny in the dictionary

  1. thripids
  2. Thriplow
  3. Thriplow and Heathfield
  4. thrippence
  5. thrippences
  6. thrippenny
  7. thripple
  8. thripples
  9. thrips
  10. thripses
  11. thripsicide

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thrippenny (page history and authors); threepenny (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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