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twopenny
[tuhp-uh-nee, too-pen-ee]
adjective
of the amount or value of twopence.
costing twopence.
of very little value; trifling; worthless.
twopenny
/ ˈʌəɪ /
adjective
Also: twopenny-halfpenny. cheap or tawdry
(intensifier)
a twopenny damn
worth two pence
Example Sentences
Our daughter picked her way through a mechanical funhouse, then fed twopenny coins into slot machines.
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.
Over 10 years, Trump's so-called “twopenny plan” adds up to a 27 percent reduction across the board.
"London, all agape, crowds to the twopenny tube," the Daily Mail reported in the week of its opening.
For think of it: here was no twopenny ride on a clanging tram through naked, unshaded streets before they could reach the sea.
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