Definition of "thruppence" []

• Threepence (in pre- or post-decimalisation currency) (noun)

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• "_news_, fair and square value for the "thruppence," as siege value goes; but we were in no mood to appreciate the novelty of that; the circumstances were too distressing."
• "The economic house is always on fire if one thruppence is spent on rational planning."
• "The crisps were hand cut with a vegetable slicer, cooked in a chip-shop fryer, sprinkled with salt and sold for thruppence a packet under the slogan Potato Crisps by Walkers: Guaranteed Absolutely Pure."