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

/ ˈtʌpənɪ /

adjective

1. Also: twopenny-halfpenny. cheap or tawdry

2. (intensifier)

   a twopenny damn

3. worth two pence

Word History and Origins

Origin of twopenny¹

First recorded in 1525–35; two + penny

Example Sentences

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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