thrip

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  1. A threepenny piece. [Colloquial] He was not above any transaction, however small, that promised to bring him a dime where he had invested a thrip. J. C. Harris, Harper's Mag., LXXVI. 703.

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  • Diamond-backed terrapin were abundant, and one never was brought to our dwelling that the bearer could not get in exchange a "thrip" (the old-fashioned six cents), or, if he preferred, a ration of bacon or syrup. —  Memoirs of a Southerner
  • Many old English coins were in use, the thrip - six cents - and the "seven- pence," twelve cents The women sold their chickens to mother, eight for a dollar. —  Memoirs of a Southerner
  • You said that Xisithrus - Now tell your thrip buddies to stay off my chili peppers! —  Think Progress
  • The One. the brown acid Says: You said that Xisithrus - Now tell your thrip buddies to stay off my chili peppers! —  Think Progress
  • On Monday, Senter, 44, set up a microscope in the conference room of his office and pointed out a yellow thrip scampering across the seeds of a ripe strawberry and a close-up of an aphid, magnified 30 times its size. —  Latest Articles
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  1. An abbreviation of thrippence, a pronunciation of three-pence.
 

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