tuppence

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
19
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈtʌp(ə)ns/ (UK)

Definition of tuppence

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Ireland, UK, countable, dated, informal, uncountable)Two pence (in pre- or post-decimalisation currency).
    “Milk has gone up to tuppence ha’penny a pint.”
    “In less than four days twenty-three men had paid their tuppences to Henery, who ’ad been made the seckitary.”
    “‘Miss Brindle rich?’ said Aunt Maggie. ‘Bless you, she hasn’t tuppence to rub together.’”
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noun

  1. (Ireland, UK, countable, dated, informal, uncountable)Two pence (in pre- or post-decimalisation currency).
    “Milk has gone up to tuppence ha’penny a pint.”
    “In less than four days twenty-three men had paid their tuppences to Henery, who ’ad been made the seckitary.”
    “‘Miss Brindle rich?’ said Aunt Maggie. ‘Bless you, she hasn’t tuppence to rub together.’”
  2. (Ireland, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, idiomatic, uncountable)Ellipsis of tuppence worth (“one’s opinion”).
  3. (Ireland, UK, childish, countable, euphemistic, slang, uncountable, usually)The vulva or vagina.
    “"Fucksticks!" When some smart-arse bastard gives me my comeuppance / "Fucksticks!" When it’s ages since I’ve seen a lady’s tuppence”
    “The lady confided to the nurse helping her up off the examination couch, and told her “He put his hand up me funnel and made me tuppence bleed!””

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Etymology

By surface analysis, two + pence, collective plural of penny. Same for the definition: "Ellipsis of tuppence worth (“one’s opinion”)" however, this idiom is derived from this fact; in Britain it used to cost two pence ("tuppence") to post a letter, usually holding one's opinion.

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