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tuppences

tuppences is the plural of tuppence.

Meaning of tuppence

Noun

tuppence (countable and uncountable, plural tuppences)

  1. (Ireland, UK, dated, informal) Two pence (in pre- or post-decimalisation currency).
    • Milk has gone up to tuppence ha’penny a pint.
  2. (Ireland, UK, childish, euphemistic, slang, usually) The vulva or vagina.
    • "Fucksticks!" When some smart-arse bastard gives me my comeuppance / "Fucksticks!" When it’s ages since I’ve seen a lady’s tuppence2011, Kunt and the Gang, Fucksticks (song)

Questions about tuppences

What is tuppences the plural of?
Tuppences is the plural of tuppence.

Words near tuppences in the dictionary

  1. tuppence
  2. tuppence worth
  3. tuppence worths
  4. tuppence-worth
  5. tuppence-worths
  6. tuppences
  7. tuppenceworth
  8. tuppennies
  9. tuppenny
  10. tuppenny upright
  11. tuppenny uprights

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tuppences (page history and authors); tuppence (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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