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twopence
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What does twopence mean?
noun
- A British or Irish coin worth two (old or new) pence.
- A cost or value of two pence.
- A small amount or value.
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Last night, on being childishly solicited for twopence, to buy ‘lemon-stunners’--a local sweetmeat--he presented an oyster-knife at the twins!
There were two or three butchers’ shops, where excellent beef could be had daily at twopence or twopence-halfpenny per pound.
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“Children. How can you care for the opinion of the crowd, when you don’t care twopence for the opinion of the individual?”
Oak knew her instantly as the heroine of the yellow waggon, myrtles, and looking-glass: prosily, as the woman who owed him twopence.
“Take your pudding in your hand—and it’s only five past one, so you were wrong—you haven’t got your twopence,” cried the mother in a breath.