threepenny bit

It came up, and it was very dusty—and under it we found my threepenny-bit that I lost ages ago, which shows what Eliza is.

I have elevenpence in stamps, and that, with the threepenny-bit we picked up off the floor of the bus, makes eight shillings.

Gwethyn even felt the bottom of her coat, in case a threepenny-bit could have strayed between the material and the lining.

The customary unit of expenditure is the threepenny-bit or “tickey.”