10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THRUPPENNY»
Discover the use of
thruppenny in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
thruppenny and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
ON. THRUPPENNY. BITS. Philip, King of Macedon, destroyer of the liberties of
Greece, and father to Alexanderwhotamedthehorse Bucephalus, called for the
tutorofthatlad,oneAristotle (surnamed the Teacher of the Human Race), to
propound ...
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Symbian OS C++ for Mobile Phones
Some Symbian OS engineers refer to this affectionately as 'thruppennybitting',
after the twelve-sided three-pence coin ('thruppenny bit') that went out of
circulation in the UK in 1971. It is enough of a challenge to write a screen device
driver ...
Richard Harrison, Mark Shackman, 2007
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Veramarykin: A Council House Kid in the 1930s and 40s
On one such visit when I had spent my few pennies I dropped a little silver “
thruppenny joey” out of my little purse and although my father and I searched the
floor it could not be found and I was very upset as it was more than a week's
pocket ...
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Amid the Dancing Shadows
Oh dear! I've done it again, haven't I?” “I'll give you a thruppenny bit if you can go
a whole day without starting a sentence with 'well'.” I didn't get my thruppenny bit
until the following Friday. Auntie Edie was kind but she didn't like washing my.
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Christmas Dodos: Festive Things on the Verge of Extinction
Ah, that fine festive tradition ofchippingyour tooth ona thruppenny bit when
tucking in to your Christmas pudding.Thisisnow sadly on the wane, notleast
because there is no such thing as a thruppenny bit* any more. It is seen as good
luck to find ...
King Philip of Macedon, most prudent of men, learn further that a thruppenny bit,
which to the foolish will often seem a mere expenditure of threepence, to the wise
may represent a saving of that sum. For how many occasions are there not in ...
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The River of No Return: A Novel
Down below him, Thruppenny Farm hugged the baseof the hill likea child trying
to hidein its mother's skirts. Nick could seethe redbarns withtheirthick caps
ofsnow, and the barnyards, trampedto mudbythe forty Guernsey cows that Tom
Feely ...
The secondary pupils paid three pence a week, which he insisted they should
bring, not in coppers, but in thruppenny bits. Every Saturday, at twelve o'clock, he
handed me a long white cylinder, which I would have thought was a cigarette, ...
He pushed a thruppenny bit towards her, and pocketed the rest. “That's for you,”
he said, brushing aside her thanks he continued. “Do you know the best way to
eat fish and chips? Straight from the paper, sitting round the fire telling yarns.
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America's First Frogman: The Draper Kauffman Story
On the topcenter of the fuse casing was a small rounddevicethe sizeof a
threepence piece—the “thruppenny bit,”disposal men called it. Thishada pairof
holes into which was inserted a nonmagnetic wrench with nubbins onit. Then a
dartlike ...
8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THRUPPENNY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
thruppenny is used in the context of the following news items.
Budget 2015: Live coverage of the Chancellor's announcement
Love the new pound coin because it looks like the old "thruppenny bit" and reminds us that this is about all the £1 is worth in today's money. Love the new pound ... «Echo, Mar 15»
Richard Arnold Strictly speaking: Sunetra the one to watch as Tim …
I suspect he'll take the Towie star aside and give him the same advice he gave me: to pop a thruppenny bit between his cheeks to improve his form. I still do it to ... «BT.com, Oct 14»
Lucy Mangan: a death in the family. Or planning for it, anyway
"What are we going to do with a sockful of thruppenny bits, eight jars of sugar sachets stolen from Owen Owen and The Good Bone-Handled Knife?". «The Guardian, Sep 14»
First World War: Granddad Ted - lauded not once but three times for …
Those lads who treasured his friendship – and harbour memories of a sixpenny bar of Cadbury's milk chocolate and a thruppenny bit that generally awaited ... «East Anglian Daily Times, Aug 14»
Bishop Daly tells inquiry he admired vital work of nuns
"The sisters were out in rain, snow, sun, knocking on doors begging for money, getting a sixpence here, a thruppenny bit somewhere else, and that's how they ... «the Irish News, May 14»
George Osborne's Threepenny Pound
... threepenny bit. This move brings inflation forward by 50 years. It is all part of a long term economic plan. A more resilient thruppenny for more resilient inflation. «BullionVault, Mar 14»
As it happened: Budget 2014
Political correspondent Gary O'Donoghue tells Today's Evan Davis that he's just about young enough not to remember the thruppenny bit. Evan is presenting the ... «BBC News, Mar 14»
New £1 coin: your design could be on the tails side
The design is based on the old thruppenny bit, which went out of circulation in 1971. It features two different coloured metals – like the £2 coin – and uses the ... «Digital Arts Online, Mar 14»
