twopennyworth

The pudding at that shop was made of currants, and was rather a special pudding, but was dear, twopennyworth not being larger than a pennyworth of more ordinary pudding.

David Copperfield 2007

Mrs Merdle was at home, the best of the jewels were hung out to be seen, Society got what it came for, Mr Merdle drank twopennyworth of tea in a corner and got more than he wanted.

Little Dorrit 2007

As Labour politicians line up to give their twopennyworth on why the party lost the Blaenau Gwent by-elections, one in particular admits that things have not been going well for the government:

Post Mortem 2006

As Labour politicians line up to give their twopennyworth on why the party lost the Blaenau Gwent by-elections, one in particular admits that things have not been going well for the government:

Archive 2006-07-01 2006

I accordingly trudged about from one end of the town to the other, for several days, without being able to learn anything certain concerning him: and, one day being extremely hungry, and allured by the steams that regaled my nostrils from a boiling cellar, I went down with an intention to gratify my appetite with a twopennyworth of beef; when to my no small surprise found Mr. Jackson sitting at dinner with a footman.

The Adventures of Roderick Random 2004

He turned up in a car with a WAAF driver all dolled up with half an inch of stuff on her face, making me look like twopennyworth of sump oil.

The Breaking Wave Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1955

A common breakfast bill of fare with him is two penny sausages, twopennyworth of bread, a pennyworth of wine, a halfpenny _paquet de couenne_ (which is a little parcel of crisply fried strips of bacon rind), and a baked pear.

A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France William Duthie

Take a large bottle, and put in it twelve ounces of the best spirits of wine, one essence of ambergris, twopennyworth of musk, and three drachms of oil of lavender.

The Belgian Cookbook Various

There was only this man what's murdered, and the other man, -- and as for the other man I will say this, that 'e' adn't got twopennyworth of clothes to cover 'im.

The Beetle Richard Marsh

The pudding at that shop was make of currants, and was rather a special pudding, but was dear, twopennyworth not being larger than a pennyworth of more ordinary pudding.

XI. I Begin Life on My Own Account, and Don’t Like It 1917