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TUPPENCE

Dictionary entry overview: What does tuppence mean?

• TUPPENCE (noun)
The noun TUPPENCE has 1 sense:

1. a former United Kingdom silver coin; United Kingdom bronze decimal coin worth two pennies

Familiarity information: TUPPENCE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• TUPPENCE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A former United Kingdom silver coin; United Kingdom bronze decimal coin worth two pennies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

tuppence; twopence

Hypernyms ("tuppence" is a kind of...):

coin (a metal piece (usually a disc) used as money)

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