threepenny Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite used of nail size; 1 1/8 in long
  2. adjective satellite of trifling worth
    twopenny-halfpenny; two-a-penny; twopenny; tuppeny; sixpenny.

WordNet


Three"pen*ny adjective
Definitions
  1. Costing or worth three pence; hence, worth but little; poor; mean.

Webster 1913