tuppenny

American

[tuhp-uh-nee] / ˈtʌp ə ni /

adjective

twopenny.

tuppenny British

/ ˈtʌpənɪ /

adjective

a variant spelling of twopenny

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Example Sentences

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The Germans are hot favourites, but Rangers surely couldn't give a tuppenny damn about that.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2022

"I will not go to Germany, I will not embrace this tuppenny princess, and I will not be mated like a prize bull!" snaps the prince.

From The Guardian • Oct. 5, 2012

Peter Sellers is a caution as a tuppenny Hitler in this hilarious travesty on labor-management relations in the "farewell state."

From Time Magazine Archive

In desperation they decided to start a tuppenny weekly.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mulligatawny soup, A mackerel or a sole, A Banbury and a Bath bun, And a tuppenny sausage roll.

From An Onlooker in France 1917-1919 by Orpen, William, Sir

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