tuppence

tuppence
Synonyms and related words:
a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, bagatelle, bauble, bawbee, bean, bibelot, bit, brass farthing, button, cent, crown, curio, dollar, farce, farthing, feather, fig, fiver, fleabite, florin, folderol, fourpence, fourpenny, fribble, frippery, gaud, gewgaw, gimcrack, groat, guinea, hair, half crown, half dollar, halfpenny, hill of beans, jest, joke, kickshaw, knickknack, knickknackery, mag, meg, minikin, mite, mockery, molehill, monkey, new pence, np, p, pence, penny, peppercorn, picayune, pin, pinch of snuff, pinprick, pony, pound, quid, rap, red cent, row of pins, rush, shilling, shit, sixpence, snap, sneeshing, sou, straw, tenner, threepence, threepenny bit, thrippence, toy, trifle, trinket, triviality, two cents, twopence, whim-wham

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • tuppence — uppence n. 1. [contraction from two pence.] a former U.K. silver coin; a U.K. bronze decimal coin worth two pennies. coin Syn: twopence [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tuppence — (n.) mid 15c., to pens, representing the common pronunciation of twopence (see TWO (Cf. two) + PENCE (Cf. pence)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • tuppence — [tup′əns] n. alt. sp. of TWOPENCE …   English World dictionary

  • tuppence —    A variant spelling of ‘two pence’, representing the normal pronunciation of those words when they describe a sum of money. British speakers still talk about ‘not caring tuppence’ whether something happens or not, using tuppence to mean ‘Very… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • tuppence — noun Two pence (in pre or post decimalisation currency). Milk has gone up to tuppence hapenny a pint …   Wiktionary

  • tuppence — tup|pence [ˈtʌpəns] n [U] BrE 1.) an amount of money worth two pence 2.) not care/give tuppence to not care at all about someone or something …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • tuppence — [[t]tʌ̱pəns[/t]] N UNCOUNT In Britain, tuppence was two old pence. [INFORMAL] …   English dictionary

  • tuppence — twopence (British) two·pence || tÊŒpÉ™ns n. two pennies (also tuppence) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • tuppence — n. Brit. = TWOPENCE. Etymology: phonet. spelling * * * tuppence, pens see twopence …   Useful english dictionary

  • Tuppence Middleton — (* 21. Februar 1987 in Bristol) ist eine britische Schauspielerin. Karriere Nach ihrem Auftritt im Film Tormented wurde Middleton als eine der besten aufstrebenden Schauspielerinnen Großbritanniens angesehen. Sie spielt dort die Schülersprecherin …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • tuppence worth — noun a) Two pennys worth. I bought a tuppence worth of humbugs b) Ones opinion or thoughts. Thats just my tuppenceworth; you can believe what you like. Syn: two cents, two cents worth …   Wiktionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”