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Meanings of two-a-penny in English

Of trifling worth.

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Examples for "sixpenny"
Examples for "sixpenny"
1
But the lining only holds two more knobs than the sixpenny ones.
The Splendid Folly
2
There are two hundred and fifty-one shilling admissions and fifty-two sixpenny ones.
The Youngest Girl in the Fifth: A School Story
3
Today, as he entered, he trod on the pile of sixpenny reprints.
The Longest Journey
4
She then ran rather than walked in the direction of the sixpenny-halfpenny shop.
The Little White Bird; Or, Adventures in Kensington Gardens
5
The present hidden under the paper wrapper was a sixpenny picture-book.
The Evil Genius: A Domestic Story
1
That's young Annesley, the son of a twopenny-halfpenny parson down in Hertfordshire.
Mr. Scarborough's Family
2
All that is twopenny-halfpenny pride, which should be thrown to the winds.
He Knew He Was Right
3
One or two clowns sat at some distance, drinking their twopenny ale.
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 01
4
Well, twopenny clerks do keep up a pretty scratch and no mistake.
Broken to the Plow / A Novel
5
Was Mrs. Flanders's twopenny-halfpenny brooch for ever part of the rich accumulation?
Jacob's Room
1
He got up, fumbling for his threepenny-piece, but failed to find it.
Far Above Rubies
2
A second threepenny-piece will overlap the edge of the larger coin.
Amusements in Mathematics
3
Indeed, threepenny-bits had practically vanished from circulation in the Five Towns.
The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns
4
Thomas Chadwick might have flung the threepenny bit into the road.
The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories
5
But nothing could convince the doctor to surrender the threepenny bit.
The tower, the zoo and the tortoise
1
Let him think you didn't care a tuppeny.
The Honorable Percival
2
The arrogance of the tuppeny Voltaires in our broadcasting media has gone unchallenged for far too long.
The Irish Times
3
"Yer tell'd me as how the sausingers wur sixpence," I sed; "an' the slices o' bread ud cut off a tuppeny loaf."
A Cotswold Village; Or, Country Life and Pursuits in Gloucesters...
1
That's young Annesley, the son of a twopenny-halfpenny parson down in Hertfordshire.
Mr. Scarborough's Family
2
All that is twopenny-halfpenny pride, which should be thrown to the winds.
He Knew He Was Right
3
Was Mrs. Flanders's twopenny-halfpenny brooch for ever part of the rich accumulation?
Jacob's Room
4
Can you fancy a twopenny-halfpenny baroness of King Francis's time patronising Bayard?
The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family
5
No man in his senses would place a diamond inside a twopenny-halfpenny puzzle box.
The Lock and Key Library: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories:...
Usage of two-a-penny in English
1
Mountain safety people you would love to come across on a night out are two-a-penny.
The Irish Times
2
Losers medals are two-a-penny-down at Tom Clifford Park.
The Irish Times
3
Endless runners are two-a-penny these days.
The Irish Times
4
Embellished fabrics are two-a-penny on the high street these days, but for the most part, they look it.
The Guardian
5
Hurling heroes are two-a-penny in Birr and if Mullins has joined their ranks, he has done so reluctantly.
The Irish Times
6
Promiscuous poets are two-a-penny, though.
Reuters
7
You cannot get another father, but he would hardly want to; as for wives, they are two-a-penny with Thomas More.
Wolf hall