thruppence

How to use thruppence in a sentence

• Out comes the sarvint vith tuppence or thruppence, and a horder for me to "move on."

  Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 17, 1892 | Various

• thruppence ain't no good to me—two shillings is what I want out o' you—a florin—'j'ear me?

  Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, January 18, 1890 | Various

• It's chuckens an' chops an' new-laid heggs—yer did say new-laid heggs at thruppence each didn't yer, Mrs. Cricket?

  Sue, A Little Heroine | L. T. Meade

• But you know, whenever there's a new chum about that he can get thruppence out of, it's poor Ma for the scrubbing.

  Captivity | M. Leonora Eyles

• A tray bit, missus—just thruppence—a mouldy thruppence to get a livener.

  Captivity | M. Leonora Eyles