THREEPENCE
NOUNS
► ALMA GRAY a threepenny piece → 1940s Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘tray’
► CHURCHER a threepenny piece → L19 sl.
► CURRANTS-AND-PLUMS threepence → Bk1903 sl.
► DEVIL’S-BIT a threepenny piece → Bk1900 Eng. dial.
► EARTH YANNOPS ► EARTH YENNEPS ► ERTH YANNOPS ► ERTH YENNEPS threepence → M19 back-slang
► JOEY a former twelve-sided British coin of nickel-brass worth three old pence → 1936 obs. exc. hist.
► PEN a threepenny piece → 1870 sl.
► SCRUM a threepenny piece → 1894 Aust. sl.
► SCRUMMY a threepenny piece → 1894 Aust. sl.
► THREESWINS threepence → Bk1903 sl.
► THREPS threepence → Bk1903 sl.
► THRUM a threepenny piece → 1865 Brit. sl.
► THRUMMER a threepenny piece → 1898 Aust. sl.
► THRUMS threepence → Bk1903 sl.
► TICKY a threepenny piece → 1877 S. Afr. colloq.
► TIDDLER a small coin, such as a silver threepenny piece or a 1/2p coin → 1966 Brit. sl.
► TRAY ► REY a threepenny piece → 1907 Brit. sl., latterly chiefly Aust. usage
► TREY-BIT a threepenny piece → 1907 Brit. sl., latterly chiefly Aust. usage
► TRIZZIE ► RIZZY a threepenny piece → 1941 Aust. sl.
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