twopenny-halfpenny — ► ADJECTIVE Brit. informal ▪ insignificant or worthless … English terms dictionary
twopenny-halfpenny — adjective of trifling worth • Syn: ↑sixpenny, ↑threepenny, ↑twopenny, ↑tuppeny, ↑two a penny • Similar to: ↑cheap, ↑inexpensive * * * |təp(ə)ni|hāp(ə)ni … Useful english dictionary
twopenny-halfpenny — /tʌpəni ˈheɪpəni/ (say tupuhnee haypuhnee) adjective → twopenny (def. 2) …
twopenny-halfpenny — adjective Brit. informal insignificant or worthless … English new terms dictionary
twopenny — Synonyms and related words: beggarly, beneath contempt, cheap, cheesy, common, contemptible, crummy, despicable, gaudy, gimcracky, mean, meretricious, miserable, paltry, pathetic, pitiable, pitiful, poor, rubbishy, sad, scrubby, scruffy, scummy,… … Moby Thesaurus
twopenny — two|pen|ny [ˈtʌpəni US ˈtʌpəni, ˈtu:peni] adj BrE old fashioned 1.) [only before noun] costing two pence = ↑tuppenny 2.) twopenny halfpenny old fashioned worth almost nothing … Dictionary of contemporary English
twopenny — two|pen|ny [ tʌpəni ] adjective only before noun BRITISH OLD FASHIONED costing or worth two old British PENCE twopenny halfpenny INFORMAL not very good or important … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
twopenny — adjective BrE old fashioned 1 (only before noun) costing two pence; tuppenny 2 twopenny halfpenny worth almost nothing … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
twopenny — adj. Brit. 1 costing two pence, esp. before decimalization. 2 colloq. cheap, worthless. Phrases and idioms: twopenny halfpenny cheap, insignificant … Useful english dictionary
twopence-halfpenny — twopenny halfpenny /tupˈni hāpˈni/ or twopence halfpenny adjective Paltry, petty • • • Main Entry: ↑two … Useful english dictionary
beggarly — Synonyms and related words: abject, abominable, arrant, atrocious, backscratching, bare handed, base, base minded, beggared, beneath contempt, bereaved, bereft, bootlicking, cheap, cheesy, common, contemptible, cowering, crawling, cringing,… … Moby Thesaurus