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two pennyworth|ˌtuːˈpɛnɪwəθ|
contr. twopenneth, -penn'orth, -pennorth |-ˈpɛnəθ|. As much as is worth or costs twopence. Freq. fig., a small or contemptible amount. See pennyworth.
1851H. Mayhew London Labour I. 75/2 Two penn'orth for a whet. 1865‘L. Carroll’ Alice's Adv. Wonderland x. 160 Who would not give all else for two p [rhyme with ‘soup’] ennyworth only of beautiful Soup? 1870Punch 5 Nov. 194/1, I walked down the street with just two⁓penn'orth of swagger on. 1896G. B. Shaw Let. 5 Dec. in Ellen Terry & Shaw (1931) 134 You thought two pennorth of flattery all that the occasion demanded. 1924Wodehouse Leave it to Psmith vi. 90 Within reason—and if undetected—I see no objection to two-pennorth of crime. 1965G. Melly Owning Up ix. 105 After it [sc. the band] broke up I used to go along every other Tuesday to ‘The Three Brewers’..and put in what Mick would call ‘my two penn'orth’. 1979SLR Camera Mar. 16/1 No meter, only years of experience and twopenneth of glass. |