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twopenny-ha'penny

twopenny-ha'penny is the alternative form of twopenny-halfpenny.

Meaning of twopenny-halfpenny

Adjective

twopenny-halfpenny (not comparable)

  1. (dated, informal) Petty, insignificant.
    • Good heavens! and I was going to take charge of a two-penny-half-penny river-steamboat with a penny whistle attached!1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I

Questions about twopenny-ha'penny

What is twopenny-ha'penny the alternative form of?
Twopenny-ha'penny is the alternative form of twopenny-halfpenny.

Words near twopenny-ha'penny in the dictionary

  1. twopennies
  2. twopenny
  3. twopenny rope
  4. twopenny ropes
  5. Twopenny Tube
  6. twopenny-ha'penny
  7. twopenny-halfpenny
  8. twopennyworth
  9. twopennyworths
  10. twoprov
  11. Tworek

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