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单词 twopenny
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Definition of twopenny in English:

twopenny

adjective ˈtʌp(ə)ni
British
  • attributive Costing 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
  • attributive Costing 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.
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