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
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
"For thrippence," said the boatman, hauling the wherry alongside again with his hook.
From Master Skylark by Bennett, John
Dividin nineteen pound, seven and six, by that, it makes me come to thrippence happenny a pound, 'cording to the laws o' Massachusetts, countin bones and waste.
From The Duke of Stockbridge by Bellamy, Edward
Sorry to disturb you, Guv'nor, but would you mind letting me have the thrippence for your share of the insurance stamp?
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 25, 1914 by Various
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