If you doubt the truth of this statement you have only to come round to my place, where you can see for yourself the threepence, which is still in my possession. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-25] Reference
Beds were to be had there at threepence and sixpence. From Wordnik.com. [The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography] Reference
Hot Cross Buns will probably cost threepence this year. From Wordnik.com. [Punch or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 24, 1920.] Reference
Each dinner cost, therefore, a fraction less than threepence. From Wordnik.com. [A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France] Reference
The pay of the men was to be threepence a day each for two months. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume I] Reference
For each half mile or six minutes an additional threepence is paid. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
At eleven o'clock, John, who had made threepence by carrying a bag for. From Wordnik.com. [An Australian Lassie] Reference
Only, you see, I found I had only threepence-halfpenny in my purse, and the. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 18, 1891] Reference
"We have the same things at threepence a card in a smaller size," the assistant said. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Stories for the Story-teller] Reference
Mutton seldom exceeds threepence English money per pound, and beef is usually somewhat cheaper. From Wordnik.com. [Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808] Reference
Special charge of sixpence for adults, threepence for children, made for privilege of seeing him. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 18, 1891] Reference
On calculating back to money, it appeared that the value of the gold deposited was about threepence. From Wordnik.com. [On Laboratory Arts] Reference
It is still running merrily at a penny, but at that time it had also a Saturday edition at threepence. From Wordnik.com. [The Idler Magazine, Volume III., July 1893 An Illustrated Monthly] Reference
It was true that Mr. Coddem had taken over a local brewery and was supplying beer at threepence per pint. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-20] Reference
Food in the beleaguered town was still moderate in price, meat being tenpence a pound and bread threepence. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
If there is no railway, and he has to walk, he is entitled to threepence a mile for refreshments both ways. From Wordnik.com. [Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology] Reference
Hannibal was no richer than I was, and my whole stock consisted of six groschens, a sum equal to threepence. From Wordnik.com. [A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France] Reference
He will, however, take it subject to encumbrances, of which, I understand, he has already discharged all but threepence. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 15, 1914] Reference
A post in France is six miles, and one shilling and threepence is charged for each horse, and sevenpence for the driver. From Wordnik.com. [Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808] Reference
They (the carrots) were sold by the State at threepence a bunch, and the people still made wild rushes to purchase them. From Wordnik.com. [The Siege of Kimberley] Reference
Any person giving information as to the meaning, and paying threepence, will receive a presentation copy of this journal. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 7, 1892] Reference
For instance, if a resident could buy a pair of bootlaces for a penny, we were only occasionally charged more than threepence. From Wordnik.com. [The 23rd (Service) Battalion Royal Fusiliers (First Sportsman's) A Record of its Services in the Great War, 1914-1919] Reference
Hepburn, the dairy farmer, keeps sending cart-loads of cabbages; old Miss Mackintosh at the Brae Foot sends threepence a week. From Wordnik.com. [Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 11, 1914] Reference
He has also written several useful popular booklets on food of a very practical character, at from a penny to threepence each. From Wordnik.com. [The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition] Reference
"Must be Lionheart when there's threepence to be earned, even if you are tired all over," he murmured, as he trudged to and fro. From Wordnik.com. [Dick Lionheart] Reference
Consider Mr. FORSTER calculated that the rate would be threepence in the pound, and now it's a shilling, and will go higher still!. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, November 28, 1891] Reference
I met two journeymen printers, one of whom, having threepence for a bed outside the workhouse, was able to find employment in the town of. From Wordnik.com. [The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography] Reference
The oak room in which Andrew welcomed the youthful king is shown at a cost of threepence per head, and you may buy pictorial postcards and. From Wordnik.com. [Highways & Byways in Sussex] Reference
Not half a mile distant was a public school, to the precincts of which flocked fifty pupils daily, each of whom paid a modest threepence a week for educationary advantages. From Wordnik.com. [An Australian Lassie] Reference
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