tuppence

How To Use tuppence In A Sentence

• Why it's still going The warm, buttery plots and familiar, approachable cast remind older viewers of the days when they could buy a pint for tuppence ha'penny and still have change for a misjudged June Whitfield cameo. Top Gear, New Tricks, Lewis … the television shows that won't die
• Gwen always said `Eileen doesn't trouble tuppence ," but she said it damningly, shaking her head. LOST CHILDREN
• She's not worth tuppence on it if any kind of a sea kicks up, and it's ripe for a nor'wester any moment now. Chapter 16
• Before anyone else could chip in with their tuppence worth, Neil came in. DEAD BEAT
• How can you be said to have a direct pecuniary interest in the outcome of proceedings if it does not matter tuppence to you, personally, who wins or loses.
• In 1921 the average price of butterfat received was only one shilling and tuppence halfpenny a pound.
• Admission to the stadium cost sixpence (two-and-a-half modern pence) and programmes tuppence.
• My dad once found a book of my grandmother's, containing her grocery bills and everything was noted - a penny for this, tuppence for that.
• I can recall, as a child, being in my uncle's car as we drove across town on some urgent mission, like buying some minor item in Brighton because it was tuppence cheaper, even though it wasn't Saturday.
• They do not expect us to pay tuppence for a penny bun, Mr Maitland.