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tuppence

/tuhp-uhns/US // ˈtʌp əns //UK // (ˈtʌpəns) //

两便士,小费,两分钱,两元钱

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    British.

    • : twopence.

Examples

  • I want the atmosphere cleared—not out of curiosity—I don't care tuppence about other people's affairs—but I don't know you!

  • "I'll lay a guinea that we weigh even," said I; and suddenly remembered that I had not so much as tuppence to bless me.

  • One stood me fourpence, the other two gave me tuppence each.

  • Greenfinches, yellow-hammers, common buntings, reed sparrows--all such birds were worth only tuppence apiece.

  • A great many troops came to a rest camp near us, and I always feel that "Tuppence's" disappearance was due to them.