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Definition of Tuppence
1. Noun. A former United Kingdom silver coin; United Kingdom bronze decimal coin worth two pennies.
Definition of Tuppence
1. Noun. (British informal dated) Two pence (''in pre- or post-decimalisation currency''). ¹
2. Noun. (British idiomatic) Opinion. ¹
3. Noun. (British slang usually childish) Vulva or vagina. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tuppence
1. twopence [n -S] - See also: twopence
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tuppence
Literary usage of Tuppence
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wessex by Clive Holland (1906)
"drum-thumping, cymbal-banging, and loud-voiced en treaties, at last a hobbledehoy
of fifteen, fishing out his tuppence from the depths of his corduroy ..."
2. The Sunday Magazine by Thomas Guthrie, William Garden Blaikie, Benjamin Waugh (1878)
""Why, just h'our money—sixpence each fur the bread, butter, cheese, and ale ;
and tuppence fur the sardines. That's the price apiece fur two ; and, I say, ..."
3. The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women (1914)
"To be exact, the fare and the tip brought him three and tuppence ha'penny on the
... You want " " I want to earn three and tuppence ha'penny," repeated ..."
4. The Highland Bagpipe: Its History, Literature, and Music, with Some Account by Wiliam Laird Manson (1901)
"I can get a wife for tuppence, I can get a wife for tuppence, Wife for tuppence,
wife for tuppence, A useless ane for ae bawbee. Gillie-Callum, etc. ..."
5. From Workhouse to Westminster: The Life Story of Will Crooks, M.P. by George Haw (1907)
"Wot ! tuppence ! 'Ow would you like to get a ship, an' go out to sea an' fish
for 'addicks to sell for tuppence in foggy weather like this ? ..."
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