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tup|pence — «TUHP uhns», noun. = twopence. (Cf. ↑twopence) … Useful english dictionary
Tup — or TUP may mean: *Tup or ram, an uncastrated male sheep *Tupping, copulation in sheep, or the sheep mating season *Tup, short for tuppence, two pence *Tup, nickname for recording artist Tupac Shakur *Technological University of the Philippines… … Wikipedia
two pence — twopence /tupˈəns/ or (decimalized currency) two pence /too pens/ noun 1. The sum of two pennies 2. A coin worth two pence • • • Main Entry: ↑two * * * ˌtwo ˈpence [two pence] (also … Useful english dictionary
tuppence — tup|pence [ˈtʌpəns] n [U] BrE 1.) an amount of money worth two pence 2.) not care/give tuppence to not care at all about someone or something … Dictionary of contemporary English
tuppence — tup|pence [ tʌpəns ] another spelling of twopence … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
tuppence — tup•pence [[t]ˈtʌp əns[/t]] n. brit. num twopence • Etymology: 1505–15 … From formal English to slang
twopence — /tup euhns/, n., pl. twopence, twopences for 2 4. 1. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) Brit. a sum of two pennies. 2. a bronze coin of the United Kingdom equal to two pennies: issued after decimalization in 1971. 3. a former copper coin of Great… … Universalium
tuppeny — tup|peny tuppenny [ˈtʌpəni] adj BrE costing two pence … Dictionary of contemporary English
List of British words not widely used in the United States — Differences between American and British English American English … Wikipedia
British Boy's Magazines — In the middle of the 20th century there appeared in Britain a number of weekly magazines or papers aimed at boys between the ages of 8 and 16. Their price was 2d (two pence) and they were consequently known as the Tup penny bloods . They were… … Wikipedia
