Hypertext Webster Gateway: "twopence"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Twopence \Two"pence\ (?; 277), n.
A small coin, and money of account, in England, equivalent to
two pennies, -- minted to a fixed annual amount, for
almsgiving by the sovereign on Maundy Thursday.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
twopence
n : a former UK silver coin; UK bronze decimal coin worth two
pennies [syn: {tuppence}]
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