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twopenny

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two·pen·ny  (tp-n, tpn)
adj.
1. Worth or costing two pennies: twopenny candy.
2. Cheap; worthless.
twopenny, tuppenny [ˈtʌpənɪ]
adj Chiefly Brit
1. Also: twopenny-halfpenny. cheap or tawdry
2. (intensifier) a twopenny damn
3. worth two pence
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.twopennytwopenny - of trifling worth                    
sixpenny, tuppeny, two-a-penny, twopenny-halfpenny, threepenny
cheap, inexpensive - relatively low in price or charging low prices; "it would have been cheap at twice the price"; "inexpensive family restaurants"
Translations
twopenny [ˈtʌpənɪ] ADJ
1. (Brit) → de dos peniques, que vale dos peniques
2. (fig) → insignificante, de poca monta


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I'm man-servant up at the Travellers' Twopenny in Gas Works Garding,' this thing explains.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Dickens, Charles View in context
As the cab drew up before the address indicated, the fog lifted a little and showed him a dingy street, a gin palace, a low French eating house, a shop for the retail of penny numbers and twopenny salads, many ragged children huddled in the doorways, and many women of many different nationalities passing out, key in hand, to have a morning glass; and the next moment the fog settled down again upon that part, as brown as umber, and cut him off from his blackguardly surroundings.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
It doesn't matter a twopenny damn to me one way or the other.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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