Twopence

Examples

• Not that that's much to do, for I'd do it for twopence. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• It brings me twopence a sheet, and I can often do from fifteen to twenty sheets in a day. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Last night, on being childishly solicited for twopence, to buy 'lemon-stunners'--a local sweetmeat--he presented an oyster-knife at the twins! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Well, I don't mind that; it's only twopence a piece more,' said Mr. Martin. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Judy, my child, says Grandfather Smallweed, give the person his twopence. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I cried hot tears: not because Madame mistrusted me--I did not care twopence for her mistrust--but for other reasons. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Mr. Moore made him pay his penny down ere he entered, and informed him that the next repetition of the fault would cost him twopence. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• A penny saved is twopence clear, A pin a day's a groat a year. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• She finds that women are working hard, and better than she can, for twopence a day. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Judy, give the person twopence. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• In 1842, a general issue of these Works, in weekly sheets or numbers, at twopence each, was commenced by the late Mr. Robert Cadell, of Edinburgh, and completed in 1847. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Here's old Bounderby always boasting that at my age he lived upon twopence a month, or something of that sort. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• I don't care an English Twopence for myself. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The twopenny rope, sir,' replied Mr. Weller, 'is just a cheap lodgin' house, where the beds is twopence a night. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Which is twopence. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

Editor: Simon