contr. three-penn’orth. The quantity that is worth, or costs, threepence.
[1340. Ayenb., 37. Hi habbeþ þri paneworþes of worke uor ane peny.]
1617. MS. Acc. St John’s Hosp., Canterb. For thre penneard of wax candelles iij d.
1700. Congreve, Way of World, V. i. With your Three-penny-worth of small Ware.
1865. Dickens, Mut. Fr., II. x. ‘Threepenn’orth Rum,’ said Mr. Dolls.
