tuppenny
Worth two pence
Tuppenny means costing or worth twopence—a British coin of trivial value.
The word is old-fashioned, surviving mainly in set phrases.
A tuppenny damn is something worthless: I don't give a tuppenny damn what they think.
Also spelled twopenny.
Of a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- bygoneOf earlier times
- antiquarianScholar of old artifacts
- pre-decimalCurrency before metrication
farthing · sixpence · shilling · coinage · currency · British · copper · coin
Lacking any value
- trivialLacking significance or weight
- pettyOf little importance
- paltryContemptibly meager
- triflingOf no real importance
insignificant · trashy · shoddy · tawdry · rubbishy · two-bit · dime-store · tinpot
Mild expletive
iota · worthless · unimportant · inconsequential · trivial · immaterial · irrelevant · piddling
Victorian
Of a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- bygoneOf earlier times
- antiquarianScholar of old artifacts
pre-decimal · farthing · sixpence · shilling · coinage · currency · British · copper · coin · sterling
worthless
Lacking any value
trifling · insignificant · trashy · shoddy · tawdry · rubbishy · two-bit · dime-store · tinpot · gimcrack
damn
Mild expletive
whit · iota · worthless · unimportant · inconsequential · trivial · immaterial · irrelevant · piddling · footling
tuppennyvaluable
Worth considerable money
priceless · precious · worthwhile · significant · invaluable
- tuppence worthSmall offered opinion