sixpence
noun
a sum of six pennies.
sixpences
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pluralof sixpence.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It was heard all of the coins were silver and included half crowns, shillings and sixpences.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2021
The funny old game with players who could turn on sixpences is gone, but a new breed of football clichés is emerging.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 7, 2013
The most extensive case of coin swallowing was reported by Sedgefield General Hospital, County Durham, England, where a man was relieved of 366 halfpennies, 26 sixpences.
From Time Magazine Archive
In London, a coroner found that the late Sidney Corrall, acquisitive but non compos mentis, had swallowed and kept all to himself 201 pennies, florins, shillings, halfpennies, sixpences, half crowns, and threepenny bits.
From Time Magazine Archive
Once her evening out cost her sixpence, and she was very much annoyed, for her stock of sixpences was low.
From Poppy The Story of a South African Girl by Cynthia Stockley
