thruppence
Americannoun
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"For thruppence," he said, "they will let you go into the vineyards and eat all the grapes you can hold."
From A Little Swiss Sojourn by William Dean Howells
Fourpence!' cried Davy, his enthusiasm rising, 'I'll live on thruppence a day, as sure as yo're sittin theer!
From The History of David Grieve by Mrs. Humphry Ward
Sweet bad luck to the one of ye is worth thruppence.
From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Robert John Buckley
"Not till 'ee pays me thruppence for that there milk."
From Jill's Red Bag by Amy Le Feuvre
“If the tales about old King Midas have a thruppence worth of truth in them, it might be his father’s meanness that’s ailing him.”
From Seven Miles to Arden by Ruth Sawyer
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