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twopenny rope

twopenny rope noun: a rope stretched out in a low doss-house in order to suspend a kind of hammock of sacking on which a person can sleep.

Noun

twopenny rope (plural twopenny ropes)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) A rope stretched out in a low doss-house in order to suspend a kind of hammock of sacking on which a person can sleep.

Forms of twopenny rope

pluraltwopenny ropes

Questions about twopenny rope

What does twopenny rope mean?
Twopenny rope means a rope stretched out in a low doss-house in order to suspend a kind of hammock of sacking on which a person can sleep.
What part of speech is twopenny rope?
Twopenny rope is a noun.
What is the plural of twopenny rope?
The plural of twopenny rope is twopenny ropes.

Words near twopenny rope in the dictionary

  1. twopences
  2. twopenn'orth
  3. twopenn'orths
  4. twopennies
  5. twopenny
  6. twopenny rope
  7. twopenny ropes
  8. Twopenny Tube
  9. twopenny-ha'penny
  10. twopenny-halfpenny
  11. twopennyworth

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