Definitions
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- adjective of trifling worth
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Examples
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A few people bonded and friendships blossomed between the busy shifts, but a majority of employees came and went like two-a-penny and so often that it was difficult to remember their names.
Trolley Man - Short story Linda 2008
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Top n lists are two-a-penny in the world of computing, and collections of open source alternatives to proprietary are pretty common.
Top 50 Open Source Alternatives glyn moody 2008
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A few people bonded and friendships blossomed between the busy shifts, but a majority of employees came and went like two-a-penny and so often that it was difficult to remember their names.
Archive 2008-02-01 Linda 2008
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Start-ups are two-a-penny, and huge amounts of venture capital are flowing around Silicon Valley and beyond.
Archive 2007-05-01 Phil Whitehouse 2007
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Start-ups are two-a-penny, and huge amounts of venture capital are flowing around Silicon Valley and beyond.
Industry Downturn? Phil Whitehouse 2007
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Stories that retell myths are two-a-penny but stories that flow with the gleeful confidence of Anansi Boys are much rarer.
Anansi Boys: Summary and book reviews of Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman. 2005
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I suppose I ought to add that he was a Count, though Counts are two-a-penny in Naples, and in season all the year round.
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I suppose I ought to add that he was a Count, though Counts are two-a-penny in Naples, and in season all the year round.
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They were becoming two-a-penny affairs, which at least had the by-product of dissipating passions.
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Productivity apps are two-a-penny, but productivity is one of the major boons of the iPad's large touchscreen interface.
TechCrunch 2010
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