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tuppence

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tup·pence  (tpns)
n. Chiefly British
Variant of twopence.
tuppence [ˈtʌpəns]
n
Brit a variant spelling of twopence
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Noun1.tuppencetuppence - a former United Kingdom silver coin; United Kingdom bronze decimal coin worth two pennies
twopence
coin - a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money
Translations
tuppence
n (Brit) → zwei Pence; I don’t care tuppence (inf) → das interessiert mich nicht für fünf Pfennig (inf), → das ist mir doch so egal (inf)


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Now I knew she was used to receiving about a penny from manly people who care nothing about the opinions of scullery-maids, and about tuppence from moral cowards; but I laid a silver twenty-five cent piece within her reach and tried to shrivel her up with this sarcastic speech:
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
`Tuppence', an' mother she began fumblin' in her pocket an' she says to me, `Martha, tha's brought me thy wages like a good lass, an' I've got four places to put every penny, but I'm just goin' to take tuppence out of it to buy that child a skippin'-rope,' an' she bought one an' here it is.
The Secret Garden by Burnett, Frances Hodgson View in context
She's not worth tuppence on it if any kind of a sea kicks up, and it's ripe for a nor'wester any moment now.
Adventure by London, Jack View in context
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