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twopenny ropes

twopenny ropes is the plural of twopenny rope.

Meaning of twopenny rope

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.

Questions about twopenny ropes

What is twopenny ropes the plural of?
Twopenny ropes is the plural of twopenny rope.

Words near twopenny ropes in the dictionary

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

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