threepenny bits n.
1. diarrhoea [shits, the n. (1)].
Dict. of Cockney Rhy. Sl. | ||
Traveller’s Tool 80: That way you’ll be pretty sure a meal there won’t give you a dose of the threepenny bits. |
2. a woman’s breasts [tit n.2 (1)].
Jubb (1966) 25: It’s full of ’em. Birds! [...] Shoulda seen this one with the big threepennies. | ||
Dict. of Cockney Rhy. Sl. | ||
Maledicta II:1+2 (Summer/Winter) 118: He [...] also lists: [...] Threepenny Bits Tits. | ||
Muvver Tongue 11: One or two rhyming expressions existed – ‘threepennies’, for ‘threepenny bits’, and ‘Manchesters’ – but were never much used. | ||
Guardian Weekend 25 Sept. 24: Tailored to flatter our thr’penny bits, which were big. | ||
www.asstr.org 🌐 To tell the truth I couldn’t care less about Dionne and Lingers, they’re both bad news but something about Dionne has got on Monica’s threepenny bits. | ‘Dead Beard’ at||
Killing Pool 259: Does he [...] tell them they’ve got ‘ten out of ten threepennies’? |
In phrases
to annoy, to irritate someone.
Barry McKenzie [comic strip] in Complete Barry McKenzie (1988) 78: I can’t stand toilet talk from sheilahs — it gives me the threepennies. |