Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

chunky thrupenny bit

Indonesian translation:

koin besar thrupenny (bit)

Added to glossary by Steve Matsunaga
Feb 5, 2007 20:34
17 yrs ago
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English term

chunky thrupenny bit

English to Indonesian Bus/Financial Finance (general)
The chunky thrupenny bit replaced an earlier silver threepence coin which although withdrawn many years prior, was still occasionally turning up in change into the 1960's

Proposed translations

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koin besar thrupenny (bit)

koin gendut thrupenny
Peer comment(s):

agree bush2007
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34 mins

bongkah keping(an) koin thrupenny

Atau: BONGKAHAN kepingan ....
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koin yang dikenal sebagai "chunky thrupenny bit"

I think your source is similar with this one:
http://www.businessballs.com/moneyslanghistory.htm
It's clear enough, from the sentence before, which threepence coin the "chunky thrupenny bit" is, i.e. a wonderful nickel-brass twelve-sided three-penny coin ...

to see how its looked like:
http://www.worldwar2exraf.co.uk/Online Museum/Museum Docs/Co...
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koin pecahan 12 1/2 sen thrupenny yang kecil dan tebal

chunky - kecil dan tebal
bit = 12 1/2 cents
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koin gempal tiga penny 12-sisi / 12-sudut

:P
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koin tiga sen bersegi dua belas

But my lovely *twelve sided chunky threepenny (thripenny, thrupenny) bits* to go?
http://www.englishnotbritish.blogspot.com/

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Note added at 17 hrs (2007-02-06 14:03:13 GMT)
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pence = penny = cent
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koin tiga segi tebal

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