sixpenny
of the amount or value of sixpence; costing sixpence.
of trifling value; cheap; paltry.
noting a nail 2 inches (5 centimeters) long. Symbol: 6d
Origin of sixpenny
1Words Nearby sixpenny
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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 WigginAnd, 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 OnionsMr. Richard Chatburn, of Sprutts, issued three and sixpenny cards.
Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events | S. Baring-GouldSmolletts History of England was published in sixpenny numbers, and had an immediate sale of 20,000 copies.
Prices of Books | Henry B. WheatleyStyles 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
/ (ˈsɪkspənɪ) /
(prenominal) (of a nail) two inches in length
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse