twopence
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9.1
A small British coin worth two pennies
- noun
- /ˈtuːpəns/
- Archaic
:
dos peniques
- I'll take 78 pounds, 16 shillings and twopence, I can't go lower than that.
Examples
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Go back to your cottage and sell your charms for twopence, Margery.
Fiction book (1993) -
It cost a penny to stand, twopence to sit, and three to sit on cushions.
Fiction book (1993) -
Okay, so, who can tell me how much twopence is worth in euros?
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Gabriel: (handing him twopence) Let her pass.
Fiction book (1998) -
And if you all gave me two twopences, then we'd have a tenner.
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You can buy a small toy for just twopence at the market.
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In the old days, a loaf of bread cost only twopence.
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She found a twopence coin while walking along the beach.
Synonyms
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9.9
An old British coin worth two pennies or a very small amount of money
refers specifically to the coin and its material and decimal history
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Twopence is simply two + pence, meaning 'two pennies', and pence is the old plural of penny. So it is the name of a British coin worth two pennies, once made of silver and later of bronze.