| 词汇 | tuppenny |
| 释义 | tuppenny adjective[ before noun ] old-fashionedinformaluk /ˈtʌp.ən.i//ˈtʌp.ni/ us /ˈtʌp.ən.i/(alsotwopenny) costing two pence值两便士的 British money bit bob copper crown farthing fiver P, p pence penny pound pound sign pound sterling quid sixpenny smacker sovereign tenner threepence tuppence twopenny Examples of tuppennytuppenny We aways provided a penny, tuppenny or threepenny rate towards the housing revenue account to share the burden of our massive slum clearance programme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, even if that were abolished altogether, there could be no more than the saving of the tuppenny rate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A minute fraction of the tuppenny tax relief is all that is required to fulfil the aim of this new clause. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In other words, local authorities had to fall back on what used to be called the "tuppenny rate". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On the old tuppenny letter you lost on delivering to a farm but you gained on delivering in the next street. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is the voluntary sector and voluntary services which most need the expansion of the tuppenny rate, as it is coloquially called. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Sixty-five is a tuppenny age; a 65-year-old is quite a young person! From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How do they benefit from the product of the tuppenny rate anyway, under section 137, if they are not paying rates? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The money is there in enormous quantities and money is being handed out in tuppenny tax reliefs all over the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Who gives a tuppenny toss about that? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 First, they said that it was wonderful that the nasty word "federal" was not to be included in the treaty—not that that makes a tuppenny bit of difference to anything. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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