threepenny
Worth three pennies
Threepenny means costing or worth three pence, a small British coin denomination.
The word appears most famously in Bertolt Brecht's *Threepenny Opera*.
Threepenny can suggest something cheap or of little value: a threepenny novel.
The pronunciation collapses to "THREP-uh-nee" or "THRUP-nee" in British speech.
Low in price
- inexpensiveLow in cost
- triflingOf no real importance
- paltryContemptibly meager
- worthlessLacking any value
meager · pittance · bargain · budget · low-cost · economical · thrifty · frugal
Former British monetary unit
- sixpenceFormer British coin
- farthingQuarter-penny coin
- tuppenceTwo old pence
- florinHistoric European coin
crown · guinea · sovereign · groat · tanner · bob · copper · denomination
Common female name
- cabaretLive entertainment venue
- WeimarThuringian city, cultural landmark
- satireMockery exposing vice
- balladNarrative poem or song
libretto · staging · ensemble · theater · drama · German · social critique · alienation
Of a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- DickensianGrimly poor, socially unjust
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- collectibleObject worth amassing
relic · heirloom · antique · curio · memorabilia · patina · bygone · heritage
cheap
Low in price
- inexpensiveLow in cost
- triflingOf no real importance
- paltryContemptibly meager
worthless · meager · pittance · bargain · budget · low-cost · economical · thrifty · frugal · cut-rate
shilling
Former British monetary unit
florin · crown · guinea · sovereign · groat · tanner · bob · copper · denomination · numismatics
Polly
Common female name
ballad · libretto · staging · ensemble · theater · drama · German · social critique · alienation · epic theater
Victorian
Of a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- DickensianGrimly poor, socially unjust
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
collectible · relic · heirloom · antique · curio · memorabilia · patina · bygone · heritage · period