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tuppence

[tuhp-uhns]

noun British.

twopence.

Origin:
1505–15; earlier tuppens, reduction of twopence

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tuppence (ˈtʌpəns)

—n
	(Brit) a variant spelling of twopence

twopence or tuppence (ˈtʌpəns)

—n
1.	the sum of two pennies
2.	(used with a negative) something of little value (in the phrase not careorgive twopence)
3.	a former British silver coin, now only coined as Maundy money

tuppence or tuppence

—n

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