Meaning of tuppence | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Two pence (in pre- or post-decimalisation currency).
   Ireland, UK, countable, dated, informal, uncountable
2. Ellipsis of tuppence worth (“one’s opinion”).
   Ireland, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, idiomatic, uncountable
3. The vulva or vagina.
   Ireland, UK, childish, countable, euphemistic, slang, uncountable, usually

Examples

“Milk has gone up to tuppence ha’penny a pint.”

“In less than four days twenty-three men had paid their tuppences to Henery, who ’ad been made the seckitary.”

“‘Miss⟳ Brindle rich?’ said Aunt Maggie. ‘Bless you, she hasn’t tuppence to rub together.’”

“"Fucksticks!" When some smart-arse bastard gives me my comeuppance / "Fucksticks!" When it’s ages since I’ve seen a lady’s tuppence”

“The lady confided to the nurse helping her up off the examination couch, and told her “He put⟳ his hand up me funnel and made me tuppence bleed⟳!””

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