twopenny-halfpenny
/ˌtʌp(ə)nɪˈheɪpni
/adjective British informal
Not worthy of consideration or respect; worthless or unimportant: a twopenny-halfpenny dictator...
- Is it ethics - when did it influence your conduct in a twopenny-halfpenny affair between man and man?
- The ubiquitous twopenny-halfpenny clerk was everywhere, ever present and ever reliable.
- It is your little twopenny-halfpenny authors - the sort that would be dear at six for a shilling - that ‘knock off’ things in a few hours.
Rhymes
- electric razor
- electric record
- electric recording
- electric regulator
- electric resistance
- electric shaver
- electric shock
- electric sign
- electric signal
- electric socket
- electric spark
- electric steel
- electric storm
- electric strength
- electric stress
- electric switch
- electric tension
- electric toaster
- electric torch
- electric traction
- electric wave
- electric welding
- electric window
- electric wire
- electride