two-a-penny

1. 1.

   of trifling worth

   Synonymssixpennythreepennytwopennytuppenytwopenny-halfpenny

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Questions about two-a-penny

What does two-a-penny mean?

two-a-penny means "of trifling worth".

How many syllables are in two-a-penny?

two-a-penny has 4 syllables: two--a--pen-ny. The stress falls on "a-".

What is another word for two-a-penny?

Close synonyms include sixpenny, threepenny, twopenny, tuppeny, twopenny-halfpenny. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is two-a-penny a common word?

two-a-penny is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.