Threepence is an English word with synonyms like coin. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Threepence in a sentence
Threepence meaning
- The amount of money equal to that of three pence (old or new).
- A former (pre-decimalisation) British or Irish coin worth three old pence.
Synonyms of Threepence
Using Threepence
- The main meaning on this page is: The amount of money equal to that of three pence (old or new). | A former (pre-decimalisation) British or Irish coin worth three old pence.
- Useful related words include: coin.
- In the example corpus, threepence often appears in combinations such as: for threepence.
Context around Threepence
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Threepence
- In this selection, "threepence" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, per and coin stand out and add context to how "threepence" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include sold at threepence per bag and sold for threepence. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "threepence" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with threepence
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Walker’s crisps were originally sprinkled with salt and sold at threepence per bag. (14 words)
Their first joint venture was a magazine series called The Kaleidoscope, or Edinburgh Literary Amusement, sold for threepence. (18 words)
The baker’s cart delivered bread twice a week and I followed the horse down the road to collect his poo in my billycart, which I sold for threepence a cartload. (31 words)
The threepence coin was struck in 1652 in Boston just weeks after the first mint in the then-British colony had opened, according to a statement released Monday by Stack’s Bowers Galleries, which handled the sale. (37 words)
The baker’s cart delivered bread twice a week and I followed the horse down the road to collect his poo in my billycart, which I sold for threepence a cartload. (31 words)
Their first joint venture was a magazine series called The Kaleidoscope, or Edinburgh Literary Amusement, sold for threepence. (18 words)
Example sentences (4)
Walker’s crisps were originally sprinkled with salt and sold at threepence per bag.
The threepence coin was struck in 1652 in Boston just weeks after the first mint in the then-British colony had opened, according to a statement released Monday by Stack’s Bowers Galleries, which handled the sale.
The baker’s cart delivered bread twice a week and I followed the horse down the road to collect his poo in my billycart, which I sold for threepence a cartload.
Their first joint venture was a magazine series called The Kaleidoscope, or Edinburgh Literary Amusement, sold for threepence.
Common combinations with threepence
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: