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Having a value or cost of twopence. examples
Cheap; worthless; petty. quotations examples
As the door slammed Pete turned to Hally, fuming. "Can you tie that? A little twopenny cold frightening him off."
1940, Woman's Home Companion, volume 67, numbers 1-4, page 134
countable and uncountable, plural twopennies
(British, countable, dated) A coin or stamp worth two pence. quotations examples
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.
1852, Edward Litt L. Blanchard, Freaks and follies of fabledom, page 93
(British, uncountable, obsolete) Ale sold for two pence per quart.