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Definition of Two-a-penny
1. Adjective. Of trifling worth.
Similar to: Cheap, Inexpensive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Two-a-penny
Literary usage of Two-a-penny
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dawn of the XIXth Century in England: A Social Sketch of the Times by John Ashton (1906)
"... cowkeeper at Islington owning between 800 and 900 cows. It is sad " HOT CROSS
BUNS! TWO A PENNY BUNS!" to read, however, in 1804, that " Milk is sold at ..."
2. The English Mechanic and World of Science (1887)
"Sell ten lots of the two-a-penny oranges, vith the ten lots at three a penny,
... You have then ten two-a-penny oranges left to sell for 5d. ..."
3. All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal by Charles Dickens (1889)
"Hot cross bum, One a penny, Two a penny, Hot cross buns. or, which I believe to
be the more ancient, and therefore the more correct version : Hot cross bans ..."
4. "Dame Curtsey's" Book of Novel Entertainments for Every Day in the Year by Ellye Howell Glover (1907)
"FOR GOOD FRIDAY AND EASTER One a penny, two a penny, Two a penny buns, One a
penny, two a penny, Hot-cross buns. A carol on Easter morning, From the throat ..."
5. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1877)
"One a penny buns, Two a penny buns, One a penny, two a penny, hot cross buns! "
In the old times, every family would send out and buy some of the hot, ..."
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