Associations to the word «Threepenny»

Wiktionary

THREEPENNY, adjective. Having a value or cost of threepence.
THREEPENNY BIT, noun. (countable) (historical) A former (pre-decimalisation) British coin worth three old pennies.
THREEPENNY BIT, noun. (Cockney rhyming slang) A woman's breast; a tit.
THREEPENNY BITS, noun. Plural of threepenny bit

Dictionary definition

THREEPENNY, adjective. Used of nail size; 1 1/8 in long.
THREEPENNY, adjective. Of trifling worth.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats