threepenny

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

threepenny
    adj 1: used of nail size; 1 1/8 in long
    2: of trifling worth [syn: {sixpenny}, {threepenny}, {twopenny},
       {tuppeny}, {two-a-penny}, {twopenny-halfpenny}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Threepenny \Three"pen*ny\, a.
   Costing or worth three pence; hence, worth but little; poor;
   mean.
   [1913 Webster]

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