threepence• A man got one and eightpence, and threepence allowed for beer.• One shilling on Saturday and threepence for an evening were welcomeadditions to the family income.• A Tale of Two Cities: threepence.• Vermouth is threepence and brandysixpence!• It saves me threepence on the fare that way.• In the end Meredith was forced to accept the threepencethrust into his palm.• It was usually threepence ha'penny or fourpence for a single cigar.