sixpenny

[ siks-pen-ee, -puh-nee ]

/ ˈsɪksˌpɛn i, -pə ni /

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adjective

of the amount or value of sixpence; costing sixpence.

of trifling value; cheap; paltry.

noting a nail 2 inches (5 centimeters) long. Symbol: 6d

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Origin of sixpenny

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English; see six, penny

Words nearby sixpenny

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How to use sixpenny in a sentence

Dreary as it was without, all was comfortable within-doors, and a cheery (one-and-sixpenny) fire crackled in the grate.
Penelope's Experiences in Scotland|Kate Douglas Wiggin
And, even as the man who chatted to the author of the Sixpenny Guide said, Terry was only a few years before his time.
Mushroom Town|Oliver Onions
Mr. Richard Chatburn, of Sprutts, issued three and sixpenny cards.
Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events|S. Baring-Gould
Smolletts History of England was published in sixpenny numbers, and had an immediate sale of 20,000 copies.
Prices of Books|Henry B. Wheatley

Styles was of the same opinion; but then he was only a member of the "Bull's-eye Bowmen," and Mr. Snuffmore's sixpenny whist club.
Bentley's Miscellany, Volume II|Various

British Dictionary definitions for sixpenny

sixpenny

/ (ˈsɪkspənɪ) /

adjective

(prenominal) (of a nail) two inches in length

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