| 词汇 | twopenny |
| 释义 | twopenny adjective[ before noun ] UKuk /ˈtʌp.ən.i//ˈtʌp.ni/ us /ˈtʌp.ən.i//ˈtʌp.ni/(alsotuppenny) costing or worth two pence: 两便士的;值两便士的 a twopenny chew (= type of sweet)一颗两便士软糖 British money bit bob copper crown farthing fiver P, p pence penny pound pound sign pound sterling quid sixpenny smacker sovereign tenner threepence tuppence tuppenny Examples of twopennytwopenny It was literature of the previous generation that wound up on twopenny bookstalls and in the readers used by working-class schools, which depended on out-of-copyright material. The estimate is based on the issues of twopenny stamps during the preceding year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that the most active councils spend the equivalent of only a twopenny rate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, it is only right that what used to be the old penny machine should be regarded as the twopenny machine of today. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was to be a loan of £80,000, and there was this £600 per annum or a twopenny rate for advertising. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the twopenny scale was substituted the effect would be that the one candidate, standing alone, would spend £188, and one joint candidate would spend £141. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a matter of major importance; not a trifling, twopenny-halfpenny matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Do not take their pennies and twopennies from them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some of the schemes to be carried out may cost more than a twopenny rate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It uses these twopenny-halfpenny exercises in order to raise money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Civil servants and others, too, often tend to think in terms of a twopenny tram ride to the nearest hospital in the city. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would be a twopenny-halfpenny place, with merely a jetty of some character, which would not have a statutory backing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To-day we have not only the original shilling pool, but sixpenny pools, twopenny pools, penny pools and even the halfpenny pool. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Today the penny machine, in virtue and in truth, is really the twopenny machine. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The product of a twopenny rate from the county councils is £28,000, and with miscellaneous receipts of approximately f 6,0o0 the total is £65,000. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of twopenny 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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