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Definition of Tuppenny
1. Adjective. (British becoming old-fashioned) Literally, worth tuppence (two pence); of little value or status. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tuppenny
1. twopenny [adj] - See also: twopenny
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tuppenny
Literary usage of Tuppenny
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Once a Week by Eneas Sweetland Dallas (1867)
"At last he took to his water-hole again—it was not vi-ry deep or broad, for
tuppenny still held Of: then he tried to catch Rag, and drown him, which is what ..."
2. Some English Story Tellers: A Book of the Younger Novelists by Frederic Taber Cooper (1912)
"An electric shock, received in the London " tuppenny Tube," has left no ...
If the hero had not chanced to meet in the " tuppenny Tube" the girl who was his ..."
3. Irish Idylls by Jane Barlow (1893)
"... on end when filled and corded, and that you would not err in describing as
one pound of two-and-tuppenny tea, and four of tuppenny-ha'penny soft sugar. ..."
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