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
"Fourpence apiece for the fine ones," I answered glibly, hoping it was enough, "thrippence for the small ones; sixpence for a bunch of sweet peas, tuppence apiece for buttonhole carnations."
From Penelope's English Experiences by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
Yesterday mornin' I got thrippence by hingin' aboot the Royal afore the coches startit.
From Robert Falconer by George MacDonald
"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 Ward Muir
They, of course, don't care thrippence about me; it's you they hope to annoy.
From The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I by Burton Jesse Hendrick
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