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  • adjective of trifling worth

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Start-ups are two-a-penny, and huge amounts of venture capital are flowing around Silicon Valley and beyond.

    Industry Downturn? Phil Whitehouse 2007

  • 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

  • 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.

    Raffles: Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman 1901

  • 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.

    Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman 1893

  • They were becoming two-a-penny affairs, which at least had the by-product of dissipating passions.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

  • 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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