threepence in English
noun
1
the sum of three pence, especially before decimalization (1971).
For the privilege of a few turns on his invention, Bob charged everyone outside the family threepence , but the volunteer got to have a free ride by lifting his legs as the speed increased and they whirled dizzily round and round.
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1. The spot, as he described it, was about the compass of a silver threepence, but in the course of time grew larger, and changed its colour; for at twelve years old it became green, so continued till five and twenty, then turned to a deep blue: at five and forty it grew Coal black, and as large as an English shilling; but never admitted any further alteration.