Sixpence

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  • noun. A coin formerly used in Britain and worth six pennies.
  • noun. The sum of six pennies.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An English silver coin of the value of six pence (about 12 cents); half of a shilling.
  • noun. The value of six pence, or half a shilling; a slight value: sometimes used attributively.
  • noun. In the United States, especially in New York, while the coin was in circulation, a Spanish half-real, of the value of 6ΒΌ cents.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An English silver coin of the value of six pennies; half a shilling, or about twelve cents.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A former coin worth six old pence; a tanner.
  • noun. The value of six old pence.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970
    • Word Usage
    "He went to a house that he knew of, and offered to chop some wood for sixpence, and with _that sixpence_ he bought the pipes."
    cross-reference
    pudsey sixpence  
    Form
    on a sixpence  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    coin  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    5  dime  franc  groat  halfpenny  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    kick  size  tizzy  
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