Twopence

Definition

twopence /'tʌpǝns; US 'tu:pens/ (also tuppence ) n ( Brit ) ၁။ (ေရွး) ႏွစ္ပဲနိ။ ၂။ နည္းနည္းမွ်။ တစ္ျပားသား။ I don't give twopence for/ don't care twopence what they think. ❍ It's not worth two-pence.

Examples

1. ‘They do not expect us to pay tuppence for a penny bun
2. Mr Maitland.’
3. ‘Downstairs a front seat on the wooden benches cost fourpence and twopence at the rear.’
4. ‘In 1921 the average price of butterfat received was only one shilling and tuppence halfpenny a pound.’
5. ‘It finally opened in January 1863: the toll to cross was half a penny for foot passengers
6. a penny for animals and twopence for horse-drawn vehicles.’
7. ‘A 1706 contract with a London clothing merchant to outfit sailors listed: ‘Leather caps faced with red cotton and lined with black-lined at the rate of one shilling and twopence each’.’
8. ‘The billon coinage was discontinued after 1603
9. but twopence pieces in copper called hardheads
10. bodles
11. or turners continued to be issued until the Act of Union.’
12. ‘Admission to the stadium cost sixpence (two-and-a-half modern pence) and programmes tuppence.’
13. ‘The admission to the ground was traditionally a penny
14. twopence if W. G. Grace was batting.’
15. ‘That was probably the case 100 years ago in a linen mill when workers were paid tuppence ha'penny and had no rights.’
16. ‘Flowers were also very scarce
17. narcissus and chrysanthemums being the chief varieties at twopence and threepence per bunch.’
18. ‘My dad once found a book of my grandmother's
19. containing her grocery bills and everything was noted - a penny for this
20. tuppence for that.’
21. ‘Most almanacs sold for twopence each
22. the larger ones for sixpence - two and a half pence in today's money
23. but of course worth a very great deal more.’
24. ‘Will Crooks
25. a cooper living in extreme poverty in East London
26. once spent tuppence on a secondhand Iliad
27. and was dazzled.’
28. ‘At Michaelmas he must pay ten pence tax
29. and at Martinmas twenty-three sesters of barley and two hens; at Easter one young sheep or twopence.’
30. ‘I can recall
31. as a child
32. being in my uncle's car as we drove across town on some urgent mission
33. like buying some minor item in Brighton because it was tuppence cheaper
34. even though it wasn't Saturday.’
35. ‘Unfortunately
36. none of that matters tuppence.’
37. ‘The government doesn't care tuppence about my patients.’
38. ‘I don't care twopence what other people think of it.’
39. ‘A year ago I wouldn't have cared tuppence if he was ousted.’
40. ‘I wouldn't give tuppence for all of the rest………’