tuppence
Two British pennies
Tuppence is British for two pence—a tiny sum, now essentially symbolic.
The word appears mainly in expressions emphasizing insignificance: I don't care tuppence what he thinks.
To put in your tuppence worth (or two cents) is to offer an opinion, often unsolicited.
Also spelled twopence.
Weight, strike, or kennel
- shillingFormer British monetary unit
- farthingQuarter-penny coin
- bobShort vertical movement
- quidBritish pound, informally
guinea · florin · crown · sovereign · sterling · groat · copper · brass
Of a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- DickensianGrimly poor, socially unjust
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- historicalOf documented times
bygone · nostalgia · heritage · period · traditional · antique · quaint · chimney sweep
Lacking any value
- negligibleToo small to consider
- insignificantLacking importance or consequence
- paltryContemptibly meager
- meagerDeficient in quantity
pittance · trifling · nominal · token · inconsequential · nothing · cheap · small
pound
Weight, strike, or kennel
quid · guinea · florin · crown · sovereign · sterling · groat · copper · brass · coinage
Victorian
Of a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- DickensianGrimly poor, socially unjust
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
historical · bygone · nostalgia · heritage · period · traditional · antique · quaint · chimney sweep · Mary Poppins
worthless
Lacking any value
- negligibleToo small to consider
- insignificantLacking importance or consequence
- paltryContemptibly meager
meager · pittance · trifling · nominal · token · inconsequential · nothing · cheap · small · petty
two cents
Informal term for opinion
say · advice · remark · comment · notion · contribution · unsolicited · unwanted · chime in · weigh in
- currencydollar, euro, pound, yen, peso
- coinsleu, silver eagles, nickels, ban, dimes
- small changecent, nickel, dime, quarter, farthing
- British currencypound, shilling, farthing, crown, florin
- British slangblag, bloke, bodge, blagger, bobby
- numismaticscoin collecting, coin, coinage, coin collections, rare coins
tuppenceeverything
The complete set
great deal · a lot · significance · importance · substance
- tuppence worthSmall offered opinion
penny, pennies, pence, halfpenny, sixpence, twopence, threepence, fourpence