thrupenny bits

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Just encountered a comment in an article on Britain's Got Talent that refers to "a dancer who was show[ing] her thrupennie bits to the world."

Thruppence, or the threepenny bit, was, of course, a British coin worth three pence.

And "thrupenny bits" turns out to be Cockney rhyming slang for "tits."

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For the curious, the dancer in question was Fabia Cerra, whose performance can be seen in this NSFW photo. (Seems to have lost a pastie.)

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