twopenny
two·penny
adjective
1.
Origin
* From two + penny. * (head): George Orwell explains this in Down and Out in Paris and London as rhyming slang: head > loaf of bread > twopenny loaf > twopenny.
Phrases
- twopenny rope
- Twopenny Tube
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Word family
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