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Twopence

A coin in the United Kingdom equal in value to 1/50 of one British pound.
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The owner's ecstatic grandaughter came to collect Tuppence at around 11.30pm after launching a search for the missing dog.
Taunted by his wife and uncle for being more interested in bees' mating habits, Tuppence then worries her husband has fallen for a honeytrap after a night's spying in a Soho knocking shop.
Partners in Crime brings Agatha Christie's married couple Tommy and Tuppence to life in two new adventures, The Secret Adversary and N or M?, told over six episodes.
I LIKE that he has to defer to Tuppence. A lot of viewers will recognise the situation of the woman being in charge; Tuppence is definitely running the show.
One question though, am I only worth tuppence, at least half a crown or even a fiver?
Her name was Tuppence. When we went away on holidays, we usually contracted with our paperboy -- who was also a member of my Scout group -- to come in twice a day to feed the cat.
A TRIP to the seaside brought back memories for Teesside care home residents, playing on the "tuppence machines" and enjoying fish and chips.
In 1986, Nick and his wife took it upon themselves to hand rear a onemonth-old chimpanzee called Tuppence when her mother rejected her from birth at Chester Zoo.
As the action continues in Victorian London, Amelia (Tuppence Middleton) celebrates success at a shareholders' meeting.
Jim Broadbent, Gillian Anderson, Stephen Rea, James Norton, Tuppence Middleton, Rebecca Front and Greta Scacchi all feature, while Andrew Davies's adaptation is rolling along quite nicely.
PARTNERS IN CRIME BBC1, 9pm The first episode of a second three-part adventure for crime-solving couple Tommy and Tuppence. Major Carter realises there could be a leak in the department and is not sure who to trust.
Partners in Crime BBC One Wales, 9pm The first episode of a second three-part adventure for crime-solving couple Tommy and Tuppence. Major Carter realises there could be a leak in the department and is not sure who to trust.
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