thruppence

[ thruhp-uh ns ]

/ ˈθrʌp əns /

Words nearby thruppence

Out comes the sarvint vith tuppence or thruppence, and a horder for me to "move on."

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 17, 1892 |Various
Thruppence ain't no good to me—two shillings is what I want out o' you—a florin—'j'ear me?

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, January 18, 1890 |Various
It's chuckens an' chops an' new-laid heggs—yer did say new-laid heggs at thruppence each didn't yer, Mrs. Cricket?

Sue, A Little Heroine |L. T. Meade
A tray bit, missus—just thruppence—a mouldy thruppence to get a livener.

Captivity |M. Leonora Eyles

But you know, whenever there's a new chum about that he can get thruppence out of, it's poor Ma for the scrubbing.

Captivity |M. Leonora Eyles