trizzie Austral. slang.
(ˈtrɪzɪ)
Also trizzy.
[Orig. uncertain: perh. f. trey n. + -ie.]
A threepenny piece.
| 1941 Baker Dict. Austral. Slang 78 Trizzie, a 3d. piece. 1959 G. Hamilton Summer Glare 31 My greatest pal now was John ‘Trizzie’ Peele... He always had a threepenny bit in his pocket which gave him his nickname. 1966 Sunday Truth (Brisbane) 23 Dec. 22/1 When you peppered the Christmas pud. with trey-bits this year we hope you remembered they will be scarcer next Yuletide and unless you hoard some there will be no trizzies at all for..the 1968 plum-duff... A trey-bit or a trizzy is Aussie slang for a three-penny-bit. |