sixpenny
Americanadjective
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of the amount or value of sixpence; costing sixpence.
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of trifling value; cheap; paltry.
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noting a nail 2 inches (5 centimeters) long. 6d
adjective
Etymology
Origin of sixpenny
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English; see six, penny ( def. )
Vocabulary lists containing sixpenny
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When Lane finally brought the sixpenny Penguins into the world, they bore the logo that would last until 1949, when it was refined to become the one we know today.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 10, 2014
It started month and a half ago with a sudden rush to buy sixpenny tickets for the Tower of London.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was no great success, but cockneys with a sixpenny bit could get into a tent and gawp at a gaunt, hollow-eyed woman with stringy dark hair sitting in a barrel.
From Time Magazine Archive
The ha'penny, thrup'ny and sixpenny pieces and the shilling in all its variations are being withdrawn from circulation.
From Time Magazine Archive
All this happened in about the time that it would take a sixpenny rocket to start off with its fiery swish, bend down from its climax and disperse itself in thunder and coloured stars.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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