twopenny
Barely worth anything
Twopenny means worth or costing two pence, a small British coin denomination.
The word now appears almost exclusively in figurative expressions suggesting cheapness or worthlessness: a twopenny politician, not worth a twopenny damn.
Pronounced "TUPPENY" in British English, which also appears as the spelling tuppenny.
Quarter-penny coin
- shillingFormer British monetary unit
- threepenceFormer British three-penny coin
- groatHistorical English fourpenny piece
- copperReddish-brown metallic element
coin · pittance · shoddy · tawdry · worthless · inferior · second-rate · substandard
Lacking significance or weight
- pettyOf little importance
- triflingOf no real importance
- paltryContemptibly meager
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
negligible · minor · unimportant · frivolous · worthless · picayune · nugatory · footling
Of a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- GeorgianOf four kings' era
- shillingFormer British monetary unit
- farthingQuarter-penny coin
groat · hansom · cobblestone · chimney-sweep · workhouse · Dickensian · pre-decimal · sterling
farthing
Quarter-penny coin
- shillingFormer British monetary unit
- threepenceFormer British three-penny coin
- groatHistorical English fourpenny piece
copper · coin · pittance · shoddy · tawdry · worthless · inferior · second-rate · substandard · cheapie
trivial
Lacking significance or weight
inconsequential · negligible · minor · unimportant · frivolous · worthless · picayune · nugatory · footling · piddling
Victorian
Of a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- GeorgianOf four kings' era
- shillingFormer British monetary unit
farthing · groat · hansom · cobblestone · chimney-sweep · workhouse · Dickensian · pre-decimal · sterling · British
twopennyprecious
Highly esteemed, greatly valued
valuable · priceless · first-rate · high-quality · invaluable
twopennysignificant
Having notable importance
important · substantial · consequential · momentous · weighty