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How to use twopence in a sentence

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From defiant defence to absolute antis, they were all there fighting their corner and throwing in their twopence worth as the saying goes.
Flowers were also very scarce, narcissus and chrysanthemums being the chief varieties at twopence and threepence per bunch.
The admission to the ground was traditionally a penny, twopence if W. G. Grace was batting.
Downstairs a front seat on the wooden benches cost fourpence and twopence at the rear.
A gilded silver twopence might well pass for a gold half-crown to the unwary.
From here on the doubters began to pipe down and make very rare appearances to throw in their twopence worth.
She soon discontinued the groat, Edward VI having introduced the silver sixpence and threepence, although she continued its half, the twopence.
No, he didn't think it was fair to take the boy's twopence for telling him that.
The billon coinage was discontinued after 1603, but twopence pieces in copper called hardheads, bodles, or turners continued to be issued until the Act of Union.
Their price for a daily supply of 20 lbs during the whole of the time before mentioned is six dollars, somewhat less than twopence sterling a day.
In 1750, he decided to produce a series of essays under the title The Rambler that were to be published every Tuesday and Saturday and sell for twopence each.
Examples from Classical Literature
A Russian rouble was to be had for twopence, and an officer's sword could be had for a franc.
He is a humble youth, will accept twopence as bakshish, and be your dog for a florin.
The Chinese labourers do not receive more than twopence or threepence a day.
The whole of the money not expended for us at market was twopence a week for each man.
It was advertised that a man could get drunk for a penny and dead drunk for twopence.
One shilling and twopence were lost in agio, in exchanging my small remaining stock of Prussian dollars into Austrian gold.
A bareheaded lassie, hoping to be handsel, threw down twopence, and asked tape at three yards for a halfpenny.
The ladies also receive twopence each for crisps and crumcakes at Shrovetide.
You can get a bit of whipcord twice as long as that for twopence, and who cares for twopence?
The twopence was set aside for his funeral as it were, or rather for the rat-poison which would make the funeral necessary.
Dave Burge made twopence at Henlow level crossing by holding an unsteady horse while a train passed.
The London workwoman buys a pound for one penny, or at the most twopence.
I had a couple of cabs, and the postage was a tanner, with another twopence for registration.
He spent his last twopence on Sunday morning on a wash and a brush up in the lavatory at Charing Cross.
I won it myself, and paid out three and twopence for drinks.
The poor boy pays me twopence a day to read as long as he pleases.
If you see one in the street you can stop it and have a ride for twopence.
I lunged gayly with my stick at a lamp-post and missed it, whereat a street-urchin grinned, and I winked at him and slipped twopence down his back.
Twopence for carrying a basket of towels and a bathing costume and two elephant sandals all over the island!
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