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  • noun Alternative spelling of tuppence worth.

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Examples

  • I'm way behind Charon and John Bolch with this story, but must throw in my tuppenceworth.

    How to address the Supreme Court 2009

  • I'm way behind Charon and John Bolch with this story, but must throw in my tuppenceworth.

    Archive 2009-01-01 2009

  • Anyway, Liam Byrne, the Minister for Shafting The Tories, also adds his tuppenceworth:

    Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2009

  • Anyway, Liam Byrne, the Minister for Shafting The Tories, also adds his tuppenceworth:

    Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2009

  • My tuppenceworth, having been on the other end of the Law of Immindent Departure, is that some of it has to do with the fear of "relationships" at work.

    Want to get laid? Say you're leaving. Ms Robinson 2009

  • Anyway, Liam Byrne, the Minister for Shafting The Tories, also adds his tuppenceworth:

    Labour's attack lines are self-defeating 2009

  • So might he want to put in his tuppenceworth, unofficially declaring as Straw, Harman and Miliband have effectively done?

    Something a bit dainty about the Miliband technique 2008

  • With so many helpful comments already I hesitate to add my tuppenceworth to the throng but...

    Insomnia Rachel 2007

  • Out for a walk with the pram maybe, passers-by stopping to offer their tuppenceworth, having heard the bawling from a hundred yards away.

    A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2001

  • Even before Ian got involved, it was already Shelley or his boss the Cardinal who the press went to first for a moral angle; unless it was a specifically C of S story, you'd always find the Reverend McLeod's tuppenceworth much further down the coluruns.

    Boiling a frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000

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