twopenny (usually as tup penny)

& 8. [Eng. two, and penny.] A. As adj .: Of the value of two-pence; hence, common, mean, vulgar, of little value, insignificant. "He thinks a whole world of which my thought is but a poor two -penny mirror."-G. Eliot : Middlemarh, bk. i., ch. iii. *B. As subst.: Beer sold at two-pence a quart. ( Eng .) "A chopin of twopenny , which is a thin, yeasty beverage made of malt."- Smollett : Humphrey Clinker : ii. 69. IMG:content-1625.png:[blocks in formation] "The moderate twopenny - halfpenny Redistribution Bill which Mr. Gladstone intends to introduce." - Pall Mall Gazette.