КНИГИ НА АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫКЕ, ИМЕЮЩЕЕ ОТНОШЕНИЕ К СЛОВУ «THREEPENCEWORTH»
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The Villa Gardener: Comprising the Choice of a Suburban ...
There are very- few gardens to suburban houses in which half a pound or a
pound of any seed is required ; and of many articles, such as potherbs, parsley,
celery, &c., half an ounce, or threepenceworth, is quite sufficient for a small
garden.
John Claudius Loudon, 1850
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The villa gardener: comprising the choice of a suburban ...
There are very few gardens to suburban houses in which half a pound or a
pound of any seed is required ; and of many articles, such as potherbs, parsley,
celery, &c., half an ounce, or threepenceworth, is quite sufficient for a small
garden.
John Claudius Loudon, Mrs. Loudon (Jane), 1850
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Giddy Old School: The Diary of a Swot 1948-1951
For a moment I stood thunderstruck, then gurgling with amuse— ment at the
situation and indignation at losing threepenceworth,I dashed along to the
balance—room to tell Beth. She nearly killed herself laughing. I feel like suing
him for the 3d ...
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The Morning Side of the Hill
People who asked for 'threepenceworth' got the same amount. I was sure the
butcher remembered that I had mentioned to him once or twice what a
remarkable dog Jipsy was. And Jipsy was a remarkable dog. She may have been
the first dog ...
“Oops, you said threepenceworth, didn't you? Well, you've got a bit extra there,
but I won't charge you.” “I'd pay the extra, love, but I've only got a threepenny
piece on me. Just for our tea this is.” “It was my mistake.” “Better be more careful,
...
Jean Jardine Miller, 2008
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Mrs Miles's Diary: The Wartime Journal of a Housewife on the ...
Spent about ten shillings — long envelopes (up fifty per cent) ninepence a packet
, mackerel one-and-seven for four fillets, threepenceworth of cat's fish, very rare
indeed. Friday, 19 April The papers give an alarming account of the German ...
S. V. Partington, Constance Miles, 2013
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Pockets of Change: Adaptation and Cultural Transition
In Harp in the South (1948), Ruth Park's tale of a girl growing up in a Sydney
slum in the 1940s, Dolour gets a birthday shilling (a dime) to spend on herself: “
Dolour bought threepenceworth of acid drops, lime-green and sour, current-red
and ...
Jane Stadler, Peta Mitchell, Adam Atkinson, 2011
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Ireland industrial, political, and social
He also tells us that ' the omcers of the ecclesiastical courts made it their
business to draw people into trouble by vexatious suits, and to hold them so long
in, that, for threepenceworth of the tithe of turf, they would be put to 5L charge.
John Nicholas MURPHY, 1870
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The English Gipsies and Their Language:
... hepenned, “Howwafro itis mandy nashered the trinórasI might havelelled forthe
māss kóshters!” A mushmust always pet thegivin thepuv before he can chinthe
harvest. TRANSLATION. Once a poor man sat down to make threepenceworth of.
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The Suburban Gardener, and Villa Companion
... such as potherbs, parsley, celery, &c., half an ounce, or threepenceworth, is
quite sufficient for a small garden. In general, it is always safe to order seeds in
small quantities, because the chance is greater of getting them fresh.
Management.
John Claudius Loudon, 2014
