Threepenny

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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