attributiveCosting or worth two pence, especially before decimalization (1971).
〈英〉（尤指1971年采用十进制前）值两便士的
Example sentencesExamples
West saw the potential of the new craze and responded by producing sheets of characters, which he sold at ‘a penny plain and twopenny coloured’: ‘juvenile drama’ was born.
Because it has a member who does not give a tuppenny about the seat he represents.
‘I don't give a tuppenny - criticism to me is like water off a duck's back, ‘he said.’
Bill goes off five mornings a week to Redbrick University exactly as he went to Back Street Council School and Drabtown Municipal School for Boys - and he goes on his bicycle, to save the twopenny tram fare.
Definition of twopenny in US English:
twopenny
adjective
British
attributiveCosting or worth two pence, especially before decimalization (1971).
〈英〉（尤指1971年采用十进制前）值两便士的
Example sentencesExamples
‘I don't give a tuppenny - criticism to me is like water off a duck's back, ‘he said.’
Because it has a member who does not give a tuppenny about the seat he represents.
West saw the potential of the new craze and responded by producing sheets of characters, which he sold at ‘a penny plain and twopenny coloured’: ‘juvenile drama’ was born.
Bill goes off five mornings a week to Redbrick University exactly as he went to Back Street Council School and Drabtown Municipal School for Boys - and he goes on his bicycle, to save the twopenny tram fare.