twopence

two·pence or tup·pence (t

ns)

n. Chiefly British

a. Two pennies regarded as a monetary unit.

b. A very small amount; a whit: didn't care twopence about politics.

2. pl. twopence or two·penc·es A British coin worth two pennies.

twopence, tuppence [ˈtʌpəns]

n Brit

1. the sum of two pennies

2. (used with a negative) something of little value (in the phrase not care or give twopence)

3. (Historical Terms) a former British silver coin, now only coined as Maundy money

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Noun

twopence - a former United Kingdom silver coin; United Kingdom bronze decimal coin worth two pennies

tuppence

coin - a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money

Translations

twopence [ˈtʌpəns] N → dos peniques; (= coin) → moneda f de dos peniques
it's not worth twopence → no vale una perra gorda
see also care C1

twopence [ˈtʌp/əns] n (Brit) (amount) → due penny; (coin) → moneta da due penny

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CARE coin part tuppence two Worthlessness	We are aristocrats, and not those who can only exist by favor of the powerful of this world, and who can be bought for twopence halfpenny. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context The person, who is one of those extraordinary specimens of human fungus that spring up spontaneously in the western streets of London, ready dressed in an old red jacket, with a "mission" for holding horses and calling coaches, received his twopence with anything but transport, tosses the money into the air, catches it over-handed, and retires. Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context And yet he could not tell why, for he knew quite well that he had bought the pen-holder during his last holidays at Blackstable for one and twopence. Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context	Two-to-one two-toe two-toed two-toed anteater two-toed sloth two-tone Two-tongued two-tooth two-up two-way two-way mirror two-way street two-wheel two-wheeled two-wheeler two-wing flying fish two-winged insects two-year two-year-old two-year-old horse twoccing twofer twofold twonie twoonie twopence twopenny twopenny-halfpenny twoscore twosome twp Twp. TWX Twyblade twyer Twyla Tharp TX TXT Ty-all Tyan Shan Tyan-Shan Tyburn Tyburn ticket Tyche tychism Tycho Tycho Brahe Tychonic Tychy tycoon Tydy	twofer twofers twofold twofold Twofold Bay Yacht Club TWOG Twoja Droga Do Gwiazd Twoja Wizja Rozwoju Przedsiebiorczosci TWOK TWOL Twoleaf miterwort Twoleaf toothwort Twoleaved Solomonseal TWOM Twombly, Cy Twombly, Cy TWOMDE Twomey, Latham, Shea, Kelley, LLP Twonie Twonie Twonie twonkie TWOO twoonie twoonie twoonie Twoonies Twoonies Twoonies Twop twopence twopences twopences twopences twopenny twopenny-halfpenny TWOR TWORJTWOT Tworkov, Jack Tworkov, Jack Twort Twort, Frederick William Twort, Frederick William TWOS TWOS TWOS TWOS Twos complement Twos complement arithmetic Twos complement system Twos Compliment Twos' complement arithmetic Twos' complement system Twos'-complement Twos'-complement arithmetic Twos'-complement system Twos-complement Twos-complement arithmetic Twos-complement system twoscore twosome

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Worthlessness

We are aristocrats, and not those who can only exist by favor of the powerful of this world, and who can be bought for twopence halfpenny.

Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

The person, who is one of those extraordinary specimens of human fungus that spring up spontaneously in the western streets of London, ready dressed in an old red jacket, with a "mission" for holding horses and calling coaches, received his twopence with anything but transport, tosses the money into the air, catches it over-handed, and retires.

Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context

And yet he could not tell why, for he knew quite well that he had bought the pen-holder during his last holidays at Blackstable for one and twopence.

Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context

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