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Meaning of "two penn'orth" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TWO PENN'ORTH

two penn'orth  [tuː ˈpɛnəθ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TWO PENN'ORTH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Two penn'orth is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TWO PENN'ORTH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of two penn'orth in the English dictionary

The definition of two penn'orth in the dictionary is to have your two penn'orth, to put in your two penn'orth during a discussion about something, if you have your two penn'orth or put in your two penn'orth, you add your own opinion.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TWO PENN'ORTH


penn´orth
ˈpɛnəθ
threepennyworth
ˌθriːˈpenəθ
twopenceworth
ˌtuːˈpɛnəθ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TWO PENN'ORTH

two
two a penny
two bits
two o´clock
Two Oceans
Two Sicilies
two solitudes
Two Thousand Guineas
Two-and-a-half International
two-bit
two-by-four
two-chamber system
two-colour process
two-cycle
two-cylinder
two-dimensional
two-dimensionality
two-dimensionally
two-door
two-edged

WORDS THAT END LIKE TWO PENN'ORTH

back and forth
Butterworth
Far North
Fort Worth
forth
go forth
ha´p´orth
henceforth
Kenilworth
Leavenworth
magnetic north
north
put forth
set forth
tamworth
the Far North
the North
Wandsworth
Wentworth
worth

Synonyms and antonyms of two penn'orth in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «two penn'orth» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TWO PENN'ORTH

Find out the translation of two penn'orth to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of two penn'orth from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «two penn'orth» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

2 penn´orth
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dos penn´orth
570 millions of speakers

English

two penn´orth
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दो penn´orth
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اثنين penn´orth
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

два penn´orth
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dois penn´orth
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দুই পনের বছর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

deux penn´orth
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dua hala
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zwei penn´orth
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

2 pennyworthの縮約形
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이 penn´orth
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Loro penn´orth
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hai penn´orth
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இரண்டு penn´orth
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दोन पॅन्थ्रॉथ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Iki kuruş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

due penn´orth
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dwa penn´orth
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

два penn´orth
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

două penn´orth
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δύο penn´orth
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

twee penn´orth
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

två penn´orth
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

to penn´orth
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of two penn'orth

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TWO PENN'ORTH»

The term «two penn'orth» is normally little used and occupies the 130.365 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TWO PENN'ORTH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «two penn'orth» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «two penn'orth» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about two penn'orth

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TWO PENN'ORTH»

Discover the use of two penn'orth in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to two penn'orth and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Two Penn'orth Of Sky
A tale of hardship, heartbreak and hope from a beloved storyteller, Two Penn'orth of Sky is classic Katie Flynn and sure to delight every one of her readers.
Katie Flynn, 2010
2
London Society
At night, 119 said, be generally bought a penn'orth of bread, a penn'orth of pudding, and a penn'orth of meat for his supper, two penn'orth of ale to drink after it, and a penn'orth of tobacco to smoke. His breakfast cost him twopeuce when he  ...
James Hogg, Florence Marryat, 1866
3
London society
At night, he said, he generally bought a penn'orth of bread, a penn'orth of pudding, and a penn'orth of meat for his supper, two penn'orth of ale to drink after it, and a penn'orth of tobacco to smoke. His breakfast cost him twopence when he had ...
‎1866
4
Hedderwick's miscellany of instructive and entertaining ...
Two penn'orth of gin and water, be blow'd!' my patron exclaims. ' Wanted food for three days ! Here, Peggy, bring six penn'orth of rum, hot, for this skeleton. Here, Meal-and- Water ! what'll you have to eat? Come, put a name to it, man !' I again ...
James Hedderwick, 1863
5
Carrying the Torch
Finally near home, a cart drove past him: by coincidence it was being driven by former neighbours who greeted him warmly and gave him five pence which he promptly spent in the nearest inn on “two half pints of ale and two penn'orth of ...
Steven Payne, 2010
6
A Happy Life
... were associated with the island, like 'Mona's Queen', 'Snaefell', 'Tynwald' and ' Lady of Mann' – no doubt my memories aren't too accurate on that score! (Geoff again adds his two penn'orth with 'Manxman', 'Mona's Isle'and 'Ben-my-chree'.) ...
Peter Douglas Gripton, 2008
7
Bones, Rocks and Stars: The Science of When Things Happened
By the mid- 1700s, philosophers were throwing in their two- penn'orth: the Frenchman Denis Diderot suggested millions of years, while the German Immanuel Kant concurred in 1755 that the Universe must be of the order of millions of years ...
Chris Turney, 2006
8
Indiscretions of Archie (Volume 2 of 2) (EasyRead Super ...
Leg it out of earshot – 'ab – what I said before – drawn in somewhat and above all not protruded.' Now, have you got all that? Yes, you look all right. Carry on, laddie, carry on. Let's have two- penn'orth of the Dynamic Voice and the Tone of ...
P. G. Wodehouse, 2008
9
Lessons in Seduction
It may have been later rather than sooner—the mills of his brain always ground slow—but he'd have talked to Dougherty and those girls would have thrown in their two penn'orth.” Mr. Stewart tipped his head towards the hotel grounds.
Charlie Cochrane, 2010
10
The new Whig guide
I omit to describe his personal attire ; suffice it to say, it was such as one would expect from one who for many years had been, from low circumstances, confined to these poor apartments : by the fire-side, there were a two-penn'orth of coals in  ...
Viscount Henry John Temple Palmerston, John Wilson Croker, Robert Peel, 1819

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TWO PENN'ORTH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term two penn'orth is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Is this the new face of the £20 note?
John Constable, J M W Turner, Barbara Hepworth or perhaps Isambard Kingdom Brunel? The public's opinions are being solicited. Here is my two penn'orth. «BBC News, Jun 15»
2
Ireland's 'historic vote'
However, as the Sunday People points out, the UK's non-British residents might also get their two penn'orth. While the PM has got Labour on board, the paper ... «BBC News, May 15»
3
Mark Dampier: Why trade pension freedom for the work and worry of …
Pension Freedom Day is only two days away. ... of pension money will be invested in buy-to-let, so I thought I would give my two penn'orth on the subject. «The Independent, Apr 15»
4
Everyone's talking about Jake Wood's gurning face on Strictly
Perennial voice of outrage and ex-Strictly professional James Jordan couldn't resist putting his two penn'orth in of course, despite, er, not having seen the show. «Lancashire Telegraph, Dec 14»
5
Blackburn with Darwen mayor set to retire
... when its is finished but I played my part both when we were in power in the coalition and as opposition spokesman when I have put my two penn'orth in. «Lancashire Telegraph, Nov 14»
6
You come up with some cracking ideas for empty Hillingdon Circus …
Feel free to add your two penn'orth there too. Reader Dan Comer did: "Good don't care bout anything else we getting a nandos", he wrote. So here are the best ... «getwestlondon, Oct 14»
7
Glasgow Girls
... to put in their two penn'orth, neatly giving voice to the vexed issues of asylum policy. Still, a stirring soundtrack and the girls' righteous anger sweep you along; ... «Radio Times, Jul 14»
8
Punt PI investigates Midlands riddle
... that the usual conspiracy theorists – plus a Romany disputing the assumption that gipsies were devil-worshippers – would want to have their two penn'orth . «expressandstar.com, Jun 14»
9
Why you NEED to lay off One Direction's Louis Tomlinson & Zayn …
Now, if I might add my own two penn'orth – and please be aware these are my own views and not necessarily those of Unreality TV – I have long thought that ... «Unreality TV, May 14»
10
Michael Buerk is right: women given jobs based on looks cannot cry …
At least two of them, Scott and O'Reilly, have won damages that appear to prove ... to have the perpetually frank Michael Buerk step up with his two penn'orth. «Express.co.uk, Apr 14»

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