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TWOPENNY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does twopenny mean?
• TWOPENNY (adjective)
The adjective TWOPENNY has 1 sense:
1. of trifling worth
Familiarity information: TWOPENNY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of trifling worth
Synonyms:
sixpenny; threepenny; tuppeny; two-a-penny; twopenny; twopenny-halfpenny
Similar:
cheap; inexpensive (relatively low in price or charging low prices)
Context examples
As the cab drew up before the address indicated, the fog lifted a little and showed him a dingy street, a gin palace, a low French eating house, a shop for the retail of penny numbers and twopenny salads, many ragged children huddled in the doorways, and many women of many different nationalities passing out, key in hand, to have a morning glass; and the next moment the fog settled down again upon that part, as brown as umber, and cut him off from his blackguardly surroundings.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
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