twopence
noun
a sum of two pennies.
twopences
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pluralof twopence.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Here on Saturday nights from seven till ten he took an almost innumerable succession of twopences from the farm laborers who flocked thither in crowds from the country.
From The Woodlanders by Hardy, Thomas
Taxicab drivers with fares sat stolidly at the wheel, conscious that their income was increasing automatically, whilst the fares themselves fumed and fussed as they saw their twopences vanish.
From Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle by Jenkins, Herbert George
I did not mean, of course, that they put their twopences in her pocket.
From The Revolution in Tanner's Lane by Rutherford, Mark
Thereby the little machine is restrained from ticking out twopences which should go in the main to the absent proprietor, and a feeling of mutuality is established between the driver and his fare.
From The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
The Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, in withdrawing the sevenpences, show that the loss of the twopences sticks in their Gizzards.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
