tuppenny-ha'penny

English

Etymology

From tuppenny + ha’penny

Adjective

tuppenny-ha’penny (not comparable)

  1. (Britain, chiefly derogatory) Very cheap.
    You’d think he’d lost a Rolex rather than that tuppenny-ha’penny old watch of his.
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