Converse of object

• pay: Each Commissioner was expected to pay sixpence " to be spent in drink for the good of the house.

• cost: In 1959 we saw edition five which now cost sixpence.

• put: In Ireland, if you put sixpence under yer pillow, the fairies come an take awe yer teeth oot!

• give: A man in the group I'm sitting with says " I'll give sixpence to the first person who sees a whale " .

• find: Mike found a sixpence dating back to the 19 th century.

• have: Carpenter had about sixpence on her, enough for a nights lodging in the town without using the ticket.

Adjective modifier

• silver: Many years ago a silver sixpence may be found in your serving!

• worth: If he doesn't think it worth sixpence, then let him write to us and tell us why.

• crooked: King was found in possession of a crooked sixpence which was known to have belonged to the murdered woman.

• old: The traditional coin was an old silver sixpence or threepenny bit.

• only: In 1806, John Harris brought out an edition costing only sixpence.

• shiny: All of her friends said how lucky she was and how they wished the little folk would leave them a shiny sixpence.

Modifies a noun

• return: It was sixpence return including man, cab and horse.

Preposition: per

• quarter: It is open to persons of all religions denominations, and the charge to each member is only sixpence per quarter.

• hour: Our wages paid us the princely sum of two shillings and sixpence per hour.

Noun used with modifier

• silver: Why not treat yourself to a real silver sixpence from our online store?

• twelve: Advertisments of the day December 10th twelve page issue price sixpence.

• price: January 15th A sixteen page issue, price sixpence.

• issue: April 15th April 22nd An eleven page issue price sixpence.