Of little consequence or worth; base, mean.

Of a paltry character; = wretched, adj. 3b.

Insignificant, trifling; mean, poor; feeble.

Of things: Of little worth or account; mean or paltry in respect of value; held in no esteem or regard. Also absol.

As the type of something of little worth or significance; in such phrases as not worth a cress (kerse), not to count (a thing) at a cress. Obsolete…

the value of a rush: to the smallest or slightest degree; (also) a very small amount. Obsolete.

figurative. Resembling a threadbare garment; hence, poorly furnished or provided; meagre, scanty, poor, beggarly; contemptible, ‘sorry’.

Of a poor, mean, or paltry character; mean, worthless; sorry, trifling.

Pathetically unworthy, inadequate, or meagre; contemptible, despicable; paltry, mean.

Inferior, mean, of poor quality; = rascally, adj. 4. Now historical and rare.

App: mean, petty, insignificant. Obsolete. rare.

figurative or in figurative phrases: Call, summons.

Petty, paltry, trifling.

General attributive, in the sense ‘of the value of or costing a plack’.

Paltry, petty, mean; contemptible; insignificant, worthless.

figurative. ‘Scurvy’, mean, paltry, contemptible. (Cf. scabbed, adj. 2.) Of things.

In general use: Paltry, petty, frivolous; vain or unprofitable. Obsolete exc. archaic or dialect.

Trashy, worthless, beggarly, trumpery, despicable; cf. A. 4. Obsolete.

Trivial, worthless; paltry, despicable.

Insignificant, ineffectual.

figurative as a disparaging epithet: Of very little value; paltry, trumpery, trifling, worthless; esp. in (not) to care (or give) a twopenny damn (or…

Of a thing: petty, trivial, insignificant; worthless, rubbishy; contemptible. Of an amount: very small or meagre.

†Of the nature of rubbish; of a worthless kind (obsolete). In later colloquial use: rubbishy; very bad, useless.

Rubbishy, worthless.

Of the nature of or relating to pelf; †rubbishy, paltry (obsolete).

Expressing depreciation: To be had for a halfpenny; worth no more than a halfpenny; of contemptible value; trumpery. Also three-halfpenny, twopenn…

= pelting, adj.1

Small, trifling, insignificant.

That is worth, or costs, three-halfpence; often depreciatory epithet of anything held in small esteem: paltry, vile, contemptible. Also n. a…

Evoking pitying contempt; very small, poor, or meagre; paltry; inadequate, insignificant; despicable, contemptible. Cf. pitiable, adj. 3.

literal. Worth three obols; in use always figurative, of little or no worth, vile, paltry, mean, contemptible. (Cf. twopenny-halfpenny adj. at tw…

Mean, contemptible, insignificant, trifling. Of things. Obsolete. rare.

In phrases and proverbs (mostly obsolete), chiefly as a type of something worthless or contemptible, as not worth a louse, not to care (three skips o…

Hence passing into an adj. with sense ‘Mean, third-rate, paltry, despicable, rascally’.

Accounted of small value, made little of, lightly esteemed; esp. brought into contempt through being made too familiar.

Of a thing: of little consequence or value; trifling, contemptible; small, mean, paltry. Now rare.

figurative. Inconsiderable; made up of petty or trifling items.

Of a thing, an animal, etc. Unimposing or shabby; characterized by poverty; humble. Used esp. of a building, place of habitation, etc.

Small, insignificant. Now rare.

of the value of three farthings; hence, paltry, insignificant.

Rubbishy; filthy. Obsolete. rare.

figurative. Weak, enfeebled, poor, paltry. Obsolete (except as directly figurative from 1).

Of copper as a base metal: often with the notion of spurious, pretentious, worthless. Obsolete.

Worthless (see also quot. 1866).

figurative as a disparaging epithet: Of little worth; trifling, paltry, cheap, worthless.

Of little value, worthless.

Insignificant, paltry, petty. Also: in poor health or condition, sickly.

in same sense.

Small, insignificant, paltry. Now rare (archaic).

In various figurative senses. Mean, worthless, vile (cf. dust, n.1 3d); now only in slang phrase not (or none) so dusty = ‘not so bad’.

Of things: Petty, trifling, unimportant; contemptible, futile.

That puddles (in various senses). In early use (frequently derogatory): confused, confusing, or perturbing; muddling, insignificant; (English regional…

Devoid of significance, weight, or force. Of no importance or moment; immaterial; trivial, trifling; mean, contemptible. (Now usually with some…

Evoking pitying contempt; mean, paltry, inadequate; poor, pathetic, lamentable; = pitiful, adj. 4.

Dirty, mean, paltry, contemptible, etc. Now dialect or slang.

Squalid, insignificant. rare.

Without moral implication: Mean, paltry. Obsolete. rare.

Mean, insignificant, contemptible.

Paltry, poor, mean, worthless; small and insignificant.

= footy, adj.2

Paltry, worthless, rubbishy.

attributive or as adj. Petty, of paltry value.

Worthless, of poor quality; contemptible. Now chiefly colloquial.

Of a gift or the like: Small or poor as estimated by the giver's means.

Insignificant, shabby, paltry, of poor appearance.

Infected with pox; spotty. Now in weakened colloquial use (chiefly British): of poor quality, useless, worthless (frequently as a general term of…

Rubbishy, worthless.

shabby-looking; having a suspicious or disreputable appearance; feeble, of little account.

Of the nature of a trinket or thing of little importance; trivial, paltry.

Somewhat mean.

colloquial (originally British regional). Esp. of a town: small, inferior, inadequate, unimportant. Cf. one-horse, adj. 2.

that twiddles; twirling; also, trifling, paltry.

colloquial. Inferior, contemptible, of little value; paltry. Of a person: mean, stingy. Cf. measled, adj. 2.

= poky, adj. (in various senses). Now rare.

Somewhat picayune; insignificant, trifling, petty, mean. Also: penny-pinching, miserly; pedantic, finicking.

= vile, adj., in various senses. Of actions, things, etc.

Of little value; paltry, petty, trifling; unimportant, trivial; mean; contemptible.

Counterfeit, sham, bogus. Also (more widely): inferior, worthless.

(a) of the value of two cents; (b) figurative = two-bit adj. (b) above (slang).

Such as may be found by rummaging among rubbish or junk; shabby, worthless, nondescript. In later use also: involving or inviting rummaging.

trifling, pettifogging.

Affecting extreme refinement; dainty, fastidious, mincing; excessively precise in trifles. Also of things: Over-delicately wrought or finished…

figurative. Rubbishy, trivial.

twopence halfpenny n. a sum of money equal to two pennies and a halfpenny. Also attributive.

Of a place: small, insignificant, or inferior; second-rate. Also: relating to or belonging to such a place. Esp. in jerk town. Cf. jerkwater, adj. 2.

Smelling of urine; damp with urine.

colloquial (originally U.S.). Inferior, of poor quality, worthless, rubbishy; very bad, awful, dreadful.

(a) of the value of a quarter of a dollar; (b) figurative cheap, petty, worthless (slang).

= piddling, adj. 1.

Trivial, insignificant.

Chiefly British. Paltry, insignificant. Also in weakened use as an intensifier.

Insignificant, small-scale; paltry.

slang. Inferior, of poor quality; bad, unsatisfactory, second-rate. Also as an intensifier, typically expressing annoyance, contempt, hostility…

British slang. Worthless, useless; = crap, adj. Cf. sense A. 6b.

slang (chiefly U.S.). Foolish, stupid, socially inappropriate or disapproved of; ‘lame’. derogatory (frequently considered offensive).