tuppenny
Americanadjective
adjective
Example Sentences
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"Penny whistles! Tuppenny hums! Threepenny choral anthems!"
From Literature
Holly joined her mother in writing her latest Katie Flynn books - Christmas at Tuppenny Corner and A Mother's Love - and further collaborative works are still in the pipeline.
From BBC
London was first to go underground with its Tuppenny Tube in 1863, but trains pulled by steam locomotives spewed smoke and soot into the tunnels.
From Los Angeles Times
"If Judy was really ill and in logical mind, I wouldn't give a tuppenny if there was a risk of being prosecuted. I'd do what was right for my wife," Richard Madeley told the Daily Telegraph earlier this week, to which Judy Finnigan added: "And I'd do the same. Stuff it all! We've made ourselves give each other a pledge along those lines."
From The Guardian
In an interview with the , Madeley said: "If Judy was really ill and in logical mind... "I wouldn't give a tuppenny if there was a risk of being prosecuted.
From BBC
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