twopenny

American  

[tuhp-uh-nee, too-pen-ee] / ˈtʌp ə ni, ˈtuˌpɛn i /

adjective

1. of the amount or value of twopence.

2. costing twopence.

3. of very little value; trifling; worthless.

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twopenny British  

/ ˈtʌpənɪ /

adjective

1. Also: twopenny-halfpenny. cheap or tawdry

2. (intensifier)

   a twopenny damn

3. worth two pence

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Etymology

Origin of twopenny

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.

From Washington Post

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.

From New York Times

"London, all agape, crowds to the twopenny tube," the Daily Mail reported in the week of its opening.

From The Guardian

For think of it: here was no twopenny ride on a clanging tram through naked, unshaded streets before they could reach the sea.

From Project Gutenberg

We whistled loud, we whistled long, The whole of that afternoon; But there wasn't wind enough to float A twopenny pink balloon.

From Project Gutenberg