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tuppence    
n. 两便士;两便士银币

两便士;两便士银币

tuppence
n 1: a former United Kingdom silver coin; United Kingdom bronze
decimal coin worth two pennies [synonym: {twopence},
{tuppence}]

tuppence \tuppence\ n.
1. [contraction from two pence.] A former U.K. silver coin; a
U.K. bronze decimal coin worth two pennies.

Syn: twopence
[WordNet 1.5] Tupperware


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    This article is very extensive, so to highlight what they have to say about the term "tuppence" (which here falls under the "money" category): FGTs contained both explicit (e g , tuppence, thruppeny bit, Mrs Penny), and implicit (fur purse, pocket book) references to money
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    @StoneyB Sadly, although with new (post 1971) currency, the word pence remains - fifty pence etc - the old forms of tuppence, thruppence, and sixpence no longer have any resonance When it was 20 shillings to the pound and 12 pence to the shilling a sixpence (little silver coin, which grandma used to give if you were a good boy or girl) and the beautiful little twelve-sided thruppeny bits were
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    The use of two cents in this sense is thought to be derived from a similar British use of twopence or tuppence, which dates from around about 1600 The American coin was substituted in the 1800s, along with two bits, slang for 25 cents and also meaning "a petty sum "
  • What is the actual meaning of tuppenuth?
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  • Here is my two cents vs Here are my two cents?
    And - just from my own experience - I've heard variations on the "two cents" and the "tuppence" phrases many times, and it's always been with the is form "That's my two cents" sounds fine, "Those are my two cents" sounds very awkward, archaic and pedantic
  • grammar - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    The price of the comic was a halfpenny for an uncoloured one, a penny if it was coloured A penny plain and twopence coloured was a well-known phrase in the 19th century
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    The sentence is Please note that only candidates who actually pass the tests will receive a notification by email later on the day I would like to ask that "later on the day" is when? Is that
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    @KitFox I'll concur, though I'd say that "ten pounds twelve", "ten-twelve", "ten pounds and twelve pence" would all be likely, the last less so but more plausible when a remnant of the old coin names gets used ("ten pounds and tuppence") which is old-fashioned but not yet dead –





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