thrippence
Americannoun
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It is generally referred to as "thrippence" or "thrippenny bit" and in somewhat vulgar circles as a "tizzy."
From Time Magazine Archive
"Tha mun pay thrippence only, mind," he warned me when the conductor came round.
From Observations of an Orderly Some Glimpses of Life and Work in an English War Hospital by Muir, Ward
Aw can buy a square o' glass that size, for abaat thrippence, an better glass nor that wor too.
From Yorkshire Tales. Third Series Amusing sketches of Yorkshire Life in the Yorkshire Dialect by Hartley, John
This fine de-tersive soap—on-ly thrippence a tab-let—takes stains out of all kinds of things.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 6, June, 1862 Devoted To Literature and National Policy by Various
"For thrippence," said the boatman, hauling the wherry alongside again with his hook.
From Master Skylark by Bennett, John
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