two penn'orth in English

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        "Two pennies' worth."
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        "(Britain) Two pennies' worth."
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          "_dis1": "72 28",
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            "UK"
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          "word": "twopenn'orth"
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          "_dis1": "72 28",
          "word": "two pennorth"
        },
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          "_dis1": "72 28",
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          "word": "tuppence worth"
        },
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          "word": "tuppenceworth"
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          "_dis1": "72 28",
          "word": "tuppennys' worth"
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        {
          "text": "That's just my two penn’orth; you can believe what you like."
        }
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        "One's opinion or thoughts."
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        "(Britain, idiomatic, colloquial) One's opinion or thoughts."
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          "word": "two cents"
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          "word": "two cents' worth"
        }
      ],
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        "Britain",
        "colloquial",
        "idiomatic"
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  "word": "two penn'orth"
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        "Two pennies' worth."
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          "penny"
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      "word": "two cents"
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    {
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        "US"
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      "word": "two cents' worth"
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    {
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      "word": "twopenn'orth"
    },
    {
      "word": "two pennorth"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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      "word": "tuppence worth"
    },
    {
      "word": "tuppenceworth"
    },
    {
      "word": "tuppennys' worth"
    }
  ],
  "word": "two penn'orth"
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"two penn'orth" meaning in English

Noun

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