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countable and uncountable, plural threepences
(uncountable) The amount of money equal to that of three pence (old or new). quotations examples
‘Can you let me have threepence for an urgent telephone call?’
2009, Jennifer Worth, Farewell to the East End, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, page 112
(countable, historical) A former (pre-decimalisation) British or Irish coin worth three old pence.