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tuppenny

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1. tuppenny - Noun

2. tuppenny - Adjective

Meaning

tuppenny (not comparable)

(Britain, Australia, becoming old-fashioned) Literally, worth tuppence (two pence); of little value or status.

(Britain, dated) A coin or stamp worth two pence.

(Britain, dated, juvenile) In the children's game of leapfrog, the head (perhaps named from a tuppenny loaf).

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Such delusions of grandeur to think that a God with a hundred billion galaxies on his mind would give a tuppenny damn who you sleep with, or indeed whether you believe in him. Richard Dawkins

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