Crossword clues for twopenny
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Twopenny \Two"pen*ny\, a. Of the value of twopence.
Wiktionary
a. Having a value or cost of twopence.
WordNet
adj. of trifling worth [syn: sixpenny, threepenny, tuppeny, two-a-penny, twopenny-halfpenny]
Wikipedia
Twopenny may refer to:
- the British coin: see History of the British penny (1901–1970)
- Twopenny (cricketer) (c. 1845 – 1883), the first Aboriginal Australian to play first-class cricket
- Twopenny Tube, an underground "tube" railway in London
- Two Penny Act, enacted in 1758 by the Virgina General Assembly
Twopenny (also Jarrawuk or Murrumgunarrimin) (c. 1845 – 12 March 1883) is generally acknowledged as the first Aboriginal Australian to play first-class cricket.
He was born in Bathurst, New South Wales. He joined the Australian Aboriginal cricket team on its tour to England in 1868. He was primarily a fast bowler, and a hard-hitting lower order batsman. His bowling was limited initially over concerns that his bowling action might be illegal, but taking advantage of the recent change in the Laws of Cricket to allow overarm bowling, he took 9/9 and 6/7 against an East Hampshire side at Southsea, and then 9/17 and 3/39 against a Hampshire team at Southampton. He played in 46 of the 47 matches on the tour, scoring 589 runs at an average of 8.29, and taking 35 wickets at an average of 6.9 from 704 balls bowled. Playing against a Sheffield team at Bramall Lane in August 1868, he hit the ball so far and high that the batsmen were able to run nine runs (with no overthrows).
He played in a single first-class match for New South Wales against Victoria in February 1870, scoring 8 and 0, and taking 0/41 and 0/15. In a timeless match, scores were similar after the first innings, but Victoria scored 337 in their second innings, and won by 265 runs.
He died in West Maitland, New South Wales, from dropsy.
Usage examples of "twopenny".
City coat-of-arms on the twopenny, Morporkia with her fork on the fivepenny, Tower of Art on the big one-dollar stamp.
Joe chipping in because he stuck someone for a quid and Bloom putting in his old goo with his twopenny stump that he cadged off of Joe and talking about the Gaelic league and the antitreating league and drink, the curse of Ireland.
Unlike the twopenny weekly papers, comic postcards are not the product of any great monopoly company, and evidently they are not regarded as having any importance in forming public opinion.
Ikey Bates (Landlord of Rat's Castle, proprietor of twopenny dabs and a scandalous bagatelle board, having cut the bumblepuppy as too low!
Carelman Twopennies, one of the sentries that particular night seven days after Nikwillig and Tred had gone on their way, was tired, and so he wouldn't even lean against a pole for fear that he would nod off.