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TUPPENCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tuppence mean?
• TUPPENCE (noun)
The noun TUPPENCE has 1 sense:
1. a former United Kingdom silver coin; United Kingdom bronze decimal coin worth two pennies
Familiarity information: TUPPENCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A former United Kingdom silver coin; United Kingdom bronze decimal coin worth two pennies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
tuppence; twopence
Hypernyms ("tuppence" is a kind of...):
coin (a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money)
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