Sixpenny meaning

sĭkspĕnē, -pə-nē
Valued at, selling for, or worth sixpence.
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Worth or costing sixpence.
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Of small worth; cheap.
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(carpentry) Designating a size of nail, usually two inches long.
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Worth six pennies.
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Of little worth; paltry.
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Origin of sixpenny

Sixpenny Sentence Examples

  • Shortly after the start of World War II, faced with rapid price inflation, the British Woolworths abandoned their sixpenny price limit.

  • Entrance was by a sixpenny refreshment ticket and the star was Sam Cowell, who had been lured from Evans ' Supper Rooms.

  • While there, he published a sixpenny book, Soyer 's Charitable Cookery, giving part of the proceeds to various charities.

  • Sixpenny illustrated magazines commenced with Good Words (1860) and the Quiver (1861), both religious in tendency.

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