Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Two pennies regarded as a monetary unit.
- n. A very small amount; a whit: didn't care twopence about politics.
- n. Chiefly British A British coin worth two pennies.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In Great Britain, the sum or value of two pennies, or one sixth of a shilling.
- n. An English silver coin, also called a half-groat, of the value of two pence (4 United States cents). It was issued by Edward III and by succeeding sovereigns, but since 1662 has been struck only as maundy money.
- n. An English copper coin of the reign of George III., of the value of two pence, issued in 1797.
Wiktionary
- n. UK A bronze British coin worth two pennies
- n. UK A cost or value of two pennies
- n. UK (by extension) A small amount or value
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A small coin, and money of account, in England, equivalent to two pennies, -- minted to a fixed annual amount, for almsgiving by the sovereign on Maundy Thursday.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a former United Kingdom silver coin; United Kingdom bronze decimal coin worth two pennies
Examples
“I would have a halfpenny worth or a pennyworth — you may guess my surprize — but twopence is all I can have — many a worthier person wants that — why then should”
“Dr. Johnson's statue can be seen any day for twopence, which is tenpence less than Madame Tassaud charges for admission to her wax effigies, and must therefore be considered cheap.”
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
“A water-carrier brings us up every morning a skin bag of water (it is made of skins sewn together, with a small outlet at the top); for it we pay twopence, which is equal to more than a shilling in London.”
“Relieve for twopence only may be had'Reachd my lodging at night well pleas'd. —”
““Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.””
“That afternoon, when we left the shop, Ben took me to a nearby place, the used-clothing shop where his friend worked for his father, and we bought an old nightgown for twopence.”
“No sooner had I consumed my third drink in the Devil than I was accosted by a delightful small flower-selling child who asked me for twopence for a daisy.”
“The praises of the toy theatre have been a common theme for essayists, the planning of the scenes, the painting and cutting out of the caste, penny plain twopence coloured, the stink and glory of the performance and the final conflagration.”
“It's never too late to add your twopence to the moan-fest Melba.”
“He dined in the mess and played bridge for an hour or so, winning three and twopence.”
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Money
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lek, shekel, sheqalim, qindar, qindars, qindarka, qintar, qintars, dollar, dollars, penny, pennies and 143 more...
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nominative case collection
wine stopper, pyre, roster, hamper, moleskin, elastic, pinnacle, facsimile, nook, plonk, contortionist, dismay and 342 more...
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Coined
cent, penny, nickel, dime, quarter, farthing, shilling, halfpenny, twopence, threepence, sixpence, groat and 91 more...
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