twopenny
[
tuhp
-
uh
-nee,
too
-pen-ee]
/ˈtʌp ə ni, ˈtuˌpɛn i/
adjective
1.
of the amount or value of twopence.
2.
costing twopence.
3.
of very little value; trifling; worthless.
Also,
tuppenny
.
Origin
1525-35;
two
+
penny
Examples from the web for
twopenny
What have your
twopenny
-halfpenny science primers to do with the grand.
British Dictionary definitions for
twopenny
twopenny
/
ˈtʌpənɪ
/
adjective
(
mainly Brit
)
1.
Also:
twopenny-halfpenny.
cheap or tawdry
2.
(intensifier):
a twopenny damn
3.
worth two pence