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Costing or worth three pence; hence, worth but little; poor; mean.

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Definitions

  1. a. Costing or worth three pence; hence, worth but little; poor; mean.
  2. adj. used of nail size; 1 1/4 in long
  3. adj. of trifling worth
  4. Costing or worth three pence; hence, worth but little; poor; mean.
  5. Costing or worth three pence; hence, worth but little; poor;mean.
  6. s. used of nail size; 1 1/8 in long