twopenny

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective of trifling worth

Etymology

* From two + penny. * (head): George Orwell explains this in Down and Out in Paris and London as rhyming slang: head > loaf of bread > twopenny loaf > twopenny.

In classic literature

Synonyms

sixpenny, threepenny, tuppeny, two-a-penny, twopenny-halfpenny

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