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nuppence slang.|ˈnʌpəns| [Modelled on tuppence.] No money.
1886Longman's Mag. VII. 551 The Americans can get our books, and do get them, and republish them and give us nothing—that awful minus quantity, nuppence! 1964Observer 20 Sept. 27/7 Living on nuppence. 1973Times Lit. Suppl. 30 Mar. 347/4 For the appreciation of the novel, this information matters little more than nuppence. |