Sixpenny
[sikspәni]
Definition
(a.) Of the value of, or costing, sixpence; as, a sixpenny loaf.
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Examples
- Vell now,' said Sam, 'you've been a-prophecyin' away, wery fine, like a red-faced Nixon, as the sixpenny books gives picters on. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Hurriedly emptying her pocket, old Betty laid down on the table, a shilling, and two sixpenny pieces, and a few pence. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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