twopence
noun[CorU]
uk/ˈtʌp.əns/us/ˈtʌp.əns/→tuppenceinformal
（同 tuppence）British money
- bit
- bob
- copper
- crown
- farthing
- fiver
- P, p
- pence
- penny
- pound
- pound sign
- pound sterling
- quid
- sixpenny
- smacker
- sovereign
- tenner
- tuppence
- tuppenny
- twopenny
| 单词 | twopence |
| 释义 | twopence noun[CorU] uk/ˈtʌp.əns/us/ˈtʌp.əns/→tuppenceinformal （同 tuppence）British money
Examplesoftwopencetwopence Is he further aware that it is quite fantastic to pay a tax of half-a-crown on a tumbler, which probably costtwopence? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It referred to livers, lights, tripe, guts and other things, and fixed prices for all those extraordinary commodities ranging fromtwopenceto four shillings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It began with nine-tenths oftwopenceand in a few months rose to nine-tenths of five pence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is this quite deplorable business of payingtwopenceon the pier. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Taking the average, the equivalent oftwopenceis being rolled up for the benefit of all the insurers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have all thesetwopence-halfpenny privileges which have been brought into operation in connection with the dockyard system of the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They are extremely poor people and pennies and twopences are very valuable to them and the country is rich enough to do without them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Fortunately, millions of miners in the past have put into union funds their halfpennies, pennies and twopences. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 For all that the innkeeper is allowed to charge threepence; it used to betwopencehalfpenny. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The charge for barley water istwopence, not sixpence per glass. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I think it was betweentwopenceand threepence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, hardly a day went by without there being a price rise on something—not halfpennies, but pennies, twopences and threepences. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The efficiency of labour has gone down enormously, and it has not matteredtwopenceto the employer whether it went to practically nothing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not caretwopencewhom he sends in his place. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Twopenceper 1,000 feet seems in itself to be a small thing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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