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sixpenny

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

adjective

  1. of the amount or value of sixpence; costing sixpence.
  2. of trifling value; cheap; paltry.
  3. noting a nail 2 inches (5 centimeters) long. : 6d


sixpenny

/ ˈsɪkspənɪ /

adjective

  1. 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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sixpenny1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English; six, penny ( def )
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Example Sentences

Dreary as it was without, all was comfortable within-doors, and a cheery (one-and-sixpenny) fire crackled in the grate.

And, even as the man who chatted to the author of the Sixpenny Guide said, Terry was only a few years before his time.

Mr. Richard Chatburn, of Sprutts, issued three and sixpenny cards.

Smolletts History of England was published in sixpenny numbers, and had an immediate sale of 20,000 copies.

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.

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