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threepenny

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Editorial note

If we look at the current issue[0] of The Threepenny Review, the pathology is quite obvious.

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Quick take

A stamp worth three pence.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of threepenny gathered in one view.

noun

A stamp worth three pence.

adjective

Having a value or cost of threepence.

adjective

Of little worth; mean; vulgar.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for threepenny.

Example sentences

1

If we look at the current issue[0] of The Threepenny Review, the pathology is quite obvious.

2

There is a great difference in tone between even the most bloodthirsty English paper and the threepenny Yank Mags...

3

And a Brecht play (The Threepenny Opera - one of his best, at that), and a Eugene O'Neill (Strange Interlude)!

4

It is also, apparently, a reference to the shape of the old threepenny bit.

5

A 1918 silver 'threepenny bit' (3p coin) from a Christmas Pudding.

6

Currently I'm aware of threepenny-gui[0], but that launches in the actual browser (correct me if I'm wrong), which isn't exactly what you'd want.

7

Mack the Knife may be the biggest hit on the list, since it evolved into a jazz/popular music standard and The Threepenny Opera is still regularly performed as well.

Quote examples

1

As the German writer Bertolt Brecht put it in Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera): "Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral." ("Grub first, then ethics.").

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use threepenny in a sentence?

If we look at the current issue[0] of The Threepenny Review, the pathology is quite obvious.

What does threepenny mean?

A stamp worth three pence.

What part of speech is threepenny?

threepenny is commonly used as noun, adjective.