tuppenny

[ tuhp-uh-nee ]

adjective

1. twopenny ( defs 1, 2, 3 ).

ˈtuppenny

/ ˈtʌpənɪ /

adjective

1. a variant spelling of twopenny

Example Sentences

"Penny whistles! Tuppenny hums! Threepenny choral anthems!"

From Literature

Holly joined her mother in writing her latest Katie Flynn books - Christmas at Tuppenny Corner and A Mother's Love - and further collaborative works are still in the pipeline.

From BBC

Xi’s autocratic Chinese model sets the standard for every jumped-up tuppenny despot keen to make a mark.

From The Guardian

London was first to go underground with its Tuppenny Tube in 1863, but trains pulled by steam locomotives spewed smoke and soot into the tunnels.

From Los Angeles Times

They’re very grand now the way they pay sixpence or even a shilling for seats at the Savoy Cinema where you’ll meet a better class of people than the lower classes who fill the tuppenny seats in the gods at the Lyric Cinema and are never done shouting at the screen, the kind of people if you don’t mind who are liable to cheer on the Africans when they throw spears atTarzan or the Indians when they’re scalping the United States Cavalry.

From Literature