Glossary entry (derived from question below)
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The chunky thrupenny bit replaced an earlier silver threepence coin which although withdrawn many years prior, was still occasionally turning up in change into the 1960's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
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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...
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...
3 hrs
koin pecahan 12 1/2 sen thrupenny yang kecil dan tebal
chunky - kecil dan tebal
bit = 12 1/2 cents
bit = 12 1/2 cents
8 hrs
koin gempal tiga penny 12-sisi / 12-sudut
:P
17 hrs
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
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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