English
wikipedia|British two pence coin

Noun
en-noun

#context|UK|informal|dated Two penny|pence (in pre- or post-decimalisation currency).
#:Milk has gone up to tuppence ha'penny a pint.
#*1909, w:William Wymark Jacobs|W. W. Jacobs, "Prize Money," in Sailor's Knots,
#*:In less than four days twenty-three men had paid their tuppences to Henery, who 'ad been made the seckitary.

Derived terms
not worth tuppence

See also
tuppenny

vi:tuppence

• 2007-08-28 03:47 - WikiPedant - corrected date/source of quotation from W. W. Jacobs

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