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tuppence

[ tuhp-uhns ]
/ ˈtʌp əns /

noun British.

twopence.

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Origin of tuppence

1505–15; earlier tuppens, reduction of twopence

Words nearby tuppence

Tupi, Tupi-Guarani, tupik, tuple, Tupolev, tuppence, tuppenny, Tupper, Tupperware, tupuna, Tupungato
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British Dictionary definitions for tuppence

tuppence
/ (ˈtʌpəns) /

noun

British a variant spelling of twopence
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