tuppence worth
See also: tuppenceworth and tuppence-worth
English
Alternative forms
- tuppence-worth, tuppenceworth (British)
- tuppenny’s worth (British)
- two penn’orth, twopenn’orth, two pennorth (British)
- tupp’orth (British, rare)
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Noun
tuppence worth (plural tuppence worths)
- (Britain, dated) Two pennies' worth; goods or services with a value of two pennies.
- Coordinate terms: halfpennyworth, pennyworth
- I bought a tuppence worth of humbugs
- (Britain, idiomatic, colloquial) One's opinion or thoughts.
- Synonyms: halfpennyworth, pennyworth, two pennies' worth; (US origin) two cents, two cents' worth
- That's just my tuppenceworth; you can believe what you like.
- (Britain, idiomatic, colloquial) A small amount.
- Synonyms: halfpennyworth, pennyworth; see also Thesaurus:modicum
- He had only a tuppence worth of success.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:tuppence worth.
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