Definition of twopenny-halfpenny in English:

twopenny-halfpenny

adjectiveˌtʌp(ə)nɪˈheɪpni

British informal

Not worthy of consideration or respect; worthless or unimportant.
〈英，非正式〉微不足道的；毫无价值的
a twopenny-halfpenny dictator
一个微不足道的独裁者。
Example sentencesExamples
- The ubiquitous twopenny-halfpenny clerk was everywhere, ever present and ever reliable.
- There was good reason behind such ambitions, for ‘if you were a prince with no gun salute, then every twopenny-halfpenny political Agent could come and visit you every three months and ask to see the accounts.
- I intended to convey that our charming host and hostess were superior to the follies of fashion, and preferred leading a simple and wholesome life to gadding about to twopenny-halfpenny tea-drinking afternoons, and living above their incomes.
- It is your little twopenny-halfpenny authors - the sort that would be dear at six for a shilling - that ‘knock off’ things in a few hours.
- Is it ethics - when did it influence your conduct in a twopenny-halfpenny affair between man and man?
Synonyms
poor-quality, second-rate, third-rate, substandard, low-grade, inferior, common, vulgar, shoddy, trashy, rubbishy, tawdry, tinny, brassy, worthless, meretricious, cheap and nasty, cheapjack, gimcrack, brummagem, pinchbeck

Rhymes

halfpenny, shove-halfpenny

单词	twopenny-halfpenny
释义	Definition of twopenny-halfpenny in English: twopenny-halfpenny adjectiveˌtʌp(ə)nɪˈheɪpni British informal Not worthy of consideration or respect; worthless or unimportant. 〈英，非正式〉微不足道的；毫无价值的 a twopenny-halfpenny dictator 一个微不足道的独裁者。 Example sentencesExamples The ubiquitous twopenny-halfpenny clerk was everywhere, ever present and ever reliable. There was good reason behind such ambitions, for ‘if you were a prince with no gun salute, then every twopenny-halfpenny political Agent could come and visit you every three months and ask to see the accounts. I intended to convey that our charming host and hostess were superior to the follies of fashion, and preferred leading a simple and wholesome life to gadding about to twopenny-halfpenny tea-drinking afternoons, and living above their incomes. It is your little twopenny-halfpenny authors - the sort that would be dear at six for a shilling - that ‘knock off’ things in a few hours. Is it ethics - when did it influence your conduct in a twopenny-halfpenny affair between man and man? Synonyms poor-quality, second-rate, third-rate, substandard, low-grade, inferior, common, vulgar, shoddy, trashy, rubbishy, tawdry, tinny, brassy, worthless, meretricious, cheap and nasty, cheapjack, gimcrack, brummagem, pinchbeck Rhymes halfpenny, shove-halfpenny
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