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twopenny

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

adjective

  1. of the amount or value of twopence.
  2. costing twopence.
  3. of very little value; trifling; worthless.


twopenny

/ ˈʌəɪ /

adjective

  1. Also: twopenny-halfpenny. cheap or tawdry
  2. (intensifier)

    a twopenny damn

  3. 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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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of twopenny1

First recorded in 1525–35; two + penny
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Our daughter picked her way through a mechanical funhouse, then fed twopenny coins into slot machines.

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In the most common Random House edition, it’s there, it’s final and it’s huge — an inky one-eighth of an inch in diameter, the head of a twopenny nail stabbed into the book.

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Over 10 years, Trump's so-called “twopenny plan” adds up to a 27 percent reduction across the board.

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"London, all agape, crowds to the twopenny tube," the Daily Mail reported in the week of its opening.

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They would hold out the town itself as security, a twopenny rate, promises, accommodations, anything.

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