tuppence

Noun

Meaning

(Britain, informal, dated) Two pence (in pre- or post-decimalisation currency).
Milk has gone up to tuppence ha’penny a pint.

(Britain, idiomatic) Short for tuppence worth (“one’s opinion”).

(Britain, slang, euphemistic, usually childish) The vulva or vagina.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

penny pfennig schilling sixpence pence groat fourpence bawbee twopence wee-wee nickle sous threepence

Hypernyms

coin

Related terms

sixpence fourpence threepence fivepence eightpence tenpence

Phrases with the word

not care tuppence don't give tuppence not worth tuppence penny plain and tuppence coloured

Examples

Denis Law didn’t have tuppence ha’penny - my father was a miner and couldn’t afford to take me to coaching so my uncle helped out. Source: Internet

Percival must find other means to win the heart of the beautiful Tuppence Magrathia-Paddock, who has mistaken him for a pirate rogue out of one of her romantic tales. Source: Internet

You could buy Georgian properties in Melville Street for tuppence ha'penny, but the problem was you couldn't find tenants, and the cost of money was prohibitive.” Source: Internet

In his efforts to defend himself from the pirates he inadvertently rescues Tuppence. Source: Internet

What telegrams and scraps of information Tommy and Tuppence can gather are all the hope the adventurer has in finding her. Source: Internet

I kinda like these flames, my tuppence worth: the world’s moving server side for the stuff >90% of Windows and Office equipped PCs do, the desktop OS will be irrelevant to that. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

tupo Tupou tupped tuppence worth tuppenceworth tuppenny