twopenny

[ tuhp-uh-nee, too-pen-ee ]

/ ˈtʌp ə ni, ˈtuˌpɛn i /

adjective

of the amount or value of twopence.

costing twopence.

of very little value; trifling; worthless.

Also tuppenny.

Origin of twopenny

First recorded in 1525–35; two + penny

Words nearby twopenny

two-pack, two pair, two-part time, two-party system, twopence, twopenny, two-phase, two-piece, two-ply, two-pot screamer, Two Rivers

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Example sentences from the Web for twopenny

What a pity it is that the University Press of to-day has become a trading concern, a shop for twopenny manuals and penny primers!
Oxford|Andrew Lang
He crossed himself at all the twopenny representations of the Divine agony.
The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851|Various
Twenty years before, the office in Gerrard Street, the headquarters of the twopenny post in Westminster, had been enlarged.
The History of the Post Office|Herbert Joyce
If I offer him a cigar, he smokes it as if it were a twopenny German thing.
The Forsyte Saga, Complete|John Galsworthy

The First Commissioner of Oaths states that "twopenny damns" will, until further notice, be eight-pence each.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, April 16, 1919|Various

British Dictionary definitions for twopenny

twopenny

tuppenny

/ (ˈtʌpənɪ) /

adjective mainly British

Also: twopenny-halfpenny. cheap or tawdry

(intensifier)a twopenny damn

worth two pence

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单词	twopenny
释义	twopenny [ tuhp-uh-nee, too-pen-ee ] / ˈtʌp ə ni, ˈtuˌpɛn i / adjective of the amount or value of twopence. costing twopence. of very little value; trifling; worthless. Also tuppenny. Origin of twopenny First recorded in 1525–35; two + penny Words nearby twopenny two-pack, two pair, two-part time, two-party system, twopence, twopenny, two-phase, two-piece, two-ply, two-pot screamer, Two Rivers Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for twopenny What a pity it is that the University Press of to-day has become a trading concern, a shop for twopenny manuals and penny primers! Oxford\|Andrew Lang He crossed himself at all the twopenny representations of the Divine agony. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851\|Various Twenty years before, the office in Gerrard Street, the headquarters of the twopenny post in Westminster, had been enlarged. The History of the Post Office\|Herbert Joyce If I offer him a cigar, he smokes it as if it were a twopenny German thing. The Forsyte Saga, Complete\|John Galsworthy The First Commissioner of Oaths states that "twopenny damns" will, until further notice, be eight-pence each. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, April 16, 1919\|Various British Dictionary definitions for twopenny twopenny tuppenny / (ˈtʌpənɪ) / adjective mainly British Also: twopenny-halfpenny. cheap or tawdry (intensifier)a twopenny damn worth two pence Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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