adj
Meaning 1
Having a value or cost of twopence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Standard Lemma guide
twopenny
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adj
Meaning 2
Cheap; worthless; petty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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noun
Meaning 3
A coin or stamp worth two pence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, dated
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noun
Meaning 4
Ale sold for two pence per quart.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
A person's head.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, obsolete, slang
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
of trifling worth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sixpenny, threepenny, tuppeny, two-a-penny, twopenny-halfpenny
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History
Etymology
* From two + penny. * (head): George Orwell explains this in Down and Out in Paris and London as rhyming slang: head > loaf of bread > twopenny loaf > twopenny.