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thruppeny

thruppeny 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 thruppeny

What is thruppeny the alternative form of?
Thruppeny is the alternative form of threepenny.

Words near thruppeny in the dictionary

  1. Thrupp
  2. thruppence
  3. thruppences
  4. thruppennies
  5. thruppenny
  6. thruppeny
  7. thrupple
  8. Thrupps
  9. thruput
  10. thruputs
  11. thrush

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thruppeny (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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