twopence in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

twopence in the PONS Dictionary

twopence Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be worth twopence
to not care twopence about sth
American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
The pay rates reflected skill, with the draughtsmen getting eight pence a day in 1330, and needlewomen just over twopence.
www.spectator.co.uk
The fare will be twopence all the way.
en.wikipedia.org
The matchboxes were quite small and held four to six matches, which were comparatively expensive -- retailing at twopence or four cents each.
www.orilliapacket.com
We now had stamps in values of twopence, fourpence, one shilling and one and sixpence, and five shillings.
www.jamaicaobserver.com
They claimed an extra twopence a dozen, equivalent to a 50 percent increase.
www.odt.co.nz
On that first day 2,277 persons were carried in four inside cars, which were worked by 27 horse, the fare being twopence all the way.
en.wikipedia.org
The coins with the portcullis counter-mark were revalued at fourpence halfpenny, and the coins with the greyhound were revalued at twopence farthing.
en.wikipedia.org
His parents struggled to get the twopence a week they had to pay as a contribution to his education.
en.wikipedia.org
Reply postcards cost twopence and, later, penny cards could be sent to "all places".
www.stuff.co.nz
At last my one-man campaign to abolish the useless penny and twopence pieces is gathering some momentum.
www.standard.co.uk

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