twopenny

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Definition of twopenny

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Having a value or cost of twopence.
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Having a value or cost of twopence.
  2. (not-comparable)Cheap; worthless; petty.
    “A pretty degree of knighthood, sir, is that which can be bought with sugar-hogs-heads! and then your twopenny marquisates”
    “As the door slammed Pete turned to Hally, fuming. "Can you tie that? A little twopenny cold frightening him off."”

noun

  1. (British, countable, dated)A coin or stamp worth two pence.
    “When the Gauls attacked Rome, he hit upon the plan of pelting the soldiers with twopennies to make them believe they had plenty to eat.”
  2. (British, obsolete, uncountable)Ale sold for two pence per quart.
  3. (British, countable, obsolete, slang)A person's head.
    “"It flew all to pieces; and didn't we get it! But look here, Merry, are you on?" "Yes; tuck in your twopenny." "No springing, mind."”

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Etymology

* From two + penny. * (head): George Orwell explains this in Down and Out in Paris and London as rhyming slang: head > loaf of bread > twopenny loaf > twopenny.

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