Hypertext Webster Gateway: "threepenny"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Threepenny \Three"pen*ny\, a.
Costing or worth three pence; hence, worth but little; poor;
mean.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
threepenny
adj 1: used of nail size; 1 1/8 in long
2: costing 3 cents (United States) or 3 pence (Britain)
3: of trifling worth [syn: {sixpenny}, {twopenny}, {tuppeny}, {two-a-penny},
{twopenny-halfpenny}]
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