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tuppence

[ tuhp-uhns ]

noun

British.


tuppence

/ ˈʌəԲ /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of twopence
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of tuppence1

1505–15; earlier tuppens, reduction of twopence
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Example Sentences

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In the original Mary Poppins film, the nine year old Michael Banks accidentally starts a bank run by demanding back his tuppence coin.

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"I honestly think they might! They don't actually care tuppence about me!"

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Matt Hancock, the health secretary, offered up his tuppence, saying he felt “physically sick” about Molly’s death.

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Spoiler alert - even with a large spoonful of sugar, it's hard to swallow the idea that investing just tuppence over 25 years could really save the day.

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It lay on the ground beside his last picture and there was tuppence in it.

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