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Definition of twopenny in English: twopennyadjective ˈtʌp(ə)ni British attributive Costing or worth two pence, especially before decimalization (1971). Example sentencesExamples - West saw the potential of the new craze and responded by producing sheets of characters, which he sold at ‘a penny plain and twopenny coloured’: ‘juvenile drama’ was born.
- Because it has a member who does not give a tuppenny about the seat he represents.
- ‘I don't give a tuppenny - criticism to me is like water off a duck's back, ‘he said.’
- Bill goes off five mornings a week to Redbrick University exactly as he went to Back Street Council School and Drabtown Municipal School for Boys - and he goes on his bicycle, to save the twopenny tram fare.
Definition of twopenny in US English: twopennyadjective British attributive Costing or worth two pence, especially before decimalization (1971). Example sentencesExamples - ‘I don't give a tuppenny - criticism to me is like water off a duck's back, ‘he said.’
- Because it has a member who does not give a tuppenny about the seat he represents.
- West saw the potential of the new craze and responded by producing sheets of characters, which he sold at ‘a penny plain and twopenny coloured’: ‘juvenile drama’ was born.
- Bill goes off five mornings a week to Redbrick University exactly as he went to Back Street Council School and Drabtown Municipal School for Boys - and he goes on his bicycle, to save the twopenny tram fare.
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