twopenny

[ tuhp-uh-nee, too-pen-ee ]

adjective

1. of the amount or value of twopence.
2. costing twopence.
3. of very little value; trifling; worthless.

twopenny

/ ˈtʌpənɪ /

adjective

1. Also: twopenny-halfpenny. cheap or tawdry
2. (intensifier)

   a twopenny damn

3. worth two pence

Word History and Origins

Origin of twopenny¹

First recorded in 1525–35; two + penny

Example Sentences

Our daughter picked her way through a mechanical funhouse, then fed twopenny coins into slot machines.

From Washington Post

In the most common Random House edition, it’s there, it’s final and it’s huge — an inky one-eighth of an inch in diameter, the head of a twopenny nail stabbed into the book.

From New York Times

This is the style Mr. Goldman makes out of five horizontal wooden slats — which reduces the number of stripes to five — some twopenny nails and red, white and blue craft paint he buys at a nearby Lowe’s.

From New York Times

Over 10 years, Trump's so-called “twopenny plan” adds up to a 27 percent reduction across the board.

From Washington Post

Meanwhile, in the intervals between repping his wares around remote parts of the British Isles and shaking his head over the bundles of letters sent in by children with suspiciously mature handwriting keen to take advantage of their twopenny discount, he continued to labour at what, it is fair to say, he regarded as the really serious business of his life.

From The Guardian