sixern.

Brit.

/ˈsɪksə/, U.S.

/ˈsɪksər/

Etymology: < six adj. + -er suffix¹. Compare German sechser.

colloquial.

1. Anything that counts as six (as a hit for six runs at cricket).

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > types of stroke > for specific number of runs

seven1765

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five1859

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fourer1875

two1881

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thirteener1893

six1920

Dorothy Dix1979

1870 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 452 It is not difficult to hit sixers to leg.

1905 H. A. Vachell Hill xii Never before in an Eton and Harrow match have two ‘sixers’ been hit in succession.

2. slang.

a. Six months' hard labour. Also, six months' imprisonment.

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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [noun] > sentence or term of > specific term of (month(s))

stretch1821

moon1830

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drag1851

carpet1917

carpet-bag1938

pontoon1948

society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [noun] > with hard labour > term of > six months' hard labour

sixer1849

1903 ‘No. 77’ Mark of Broad Arrow xi. 166 Your ‘Auto~leyne’ cares little about a ‘drag’ (three months), a sixer (a ‘carpet’ it is generally called), or a ‘stretch’.]

1849 Session Papers 1 Feb. 324 The prisoner said he should not mind if he got off with a sixer—that means six months' imprisonment.

1869 Temple Bar Apr. 75 The next bit I did was a ‘sixer’.

1887 J. W. Horsley Jottings from Jail i. 23 Neddie, from City Road, smugged for attempt up the Grove, expects a sixer..and is reconciling himself to an absence from his oriental home for half a year.

1900 Daily News 6 Nov. 9/1 The prisoner..said, ‘It don't matter whether I get a sixer or a stretch’.

1926 J. Black You can't Win xii. 161 We'll both get a ‘sixer’ in the morning if we go in front of the judge.

1955 D. W. Maurer in Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. No. 24. 151 Maybe he will get off with a bit..or a sixer, which is six months in jail.

b. A sixth term of imprisonment.

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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [noun] > sentence or term of > a sixth term of

sixer1872

1872 Daily News 27 Apr. 3/4 They announced that they were in for a ‘fiver’ or a ‘sixer’, according to the number of their visits to a particular gaol.

c. A six-ounce loaf.

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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > loaf > [noun] > loaves of specific weight

peck-loafa1627

quartern loaf?1711

assize loaf1762

prized loaf1762

quartern1843

four-pounder1855

sixer1877

1877 W. H. Thomson Five Years' Penal Servitude iii He keeps a sharp eye on that man to see he does not ‘filch’ a ‘sixer’, as the six ounce loaf served with dinner, is called.

1899 Westm. Gaz. 29 Nov. 3/1 The ‘sixers’ of old..had become eight-ounce loaves for men.

d. Six strokes of the cane administered as punishment in school. Cf. six of the best at best adj., n.¹, and adv. Phrases 3d(b)(ii).

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society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > six strokes of cane

sixer1927

1927 Chambers's Jrnl. 10 Sept. 645/2 About a dozen boys..ranged up in front of the Doctor, who, stepping off his pedestal, administered a ‘sixer’ to each of the culprits with a long and stout cane.

1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds ii. 29 They all got sixers, but Meggie was terribly upset because she thought she ought to have been the only one punished.

3. A Brownie Guide or Cub Scout in charge of a six.

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society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > specific societies or organizations > [noun] > specific youth organizations > members of scouts or guides

Boy Scout1908

patrol leader1908

scout1908

scoutmaster1908

tenderfoot1908

captain1909

Girl Guide1909

Girl Scout1909

lieutenant1909

pathfinder1911

sea scout1911

rosebud1914

brownie1916

sixer1916

tenderpad1916

Brown Owl1918

rover1918

Rover Scout1918

ranger1920

tawny owl1921

Cub1922

Akela1924

scouter1930

Guider1931

den mother1936

Queen's Guide1946

Queen's Scout1952

Venture Scout1966

Beaver1975

skipper1986

1916 R. Baden-Powell Wolf Cub's Handbk. iii. 216 The average Cub when promoted to Sixer does not carry so much authority.

1920 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Brownies ii. 11 The Brownies are divided into parties of six; each ‘Six’ is under the leader who is called a ‘Sixer’.

1965 G. McInnes Road to Gundagai x. 161 I was promoted to be Sixer of the Whites.

1978 Lochaber News 31 Mar. 7/5 On Thursday, March 23 the sixers and seconds went to Raigmore Hospital to present a cheque to Dr John Burton for the kidney unit at the hospital.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sixer
释义	sixern. Brit. /ˈsɪksə/, U.S. /ˈsɪksər/ Etymology: < six adj. + -er suffix¹. Compare German sechser. colloquial. 1. Anything that counts as six (as a hit for six runs at cricket). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > types of stroke > for specific number of runs seven1765 four1837 single1851 five1859 sevener1862 sixer1870 fourer1875 two1881 twoer1887 thirteener1893 six1920 Dorothy Dix1979 1870 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 452 It is not difficult to hit sixers to leg. 1905 H. A. Vachell Hill xii Never before in an Eton and Harrow match have two ‘sixers’ been hit in succession. 2. slang. a. Six months' hard labour. Also, six months' imprisonment. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [noun] > sentence or term of > specific term of (month(s)) stretch1821 moon1830 sices1844 sixer1849 drag1851 carpet1917 carpet-bag1938 pontoon1948 society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [noun] > with hard labour > term of > six months' hard labour sixer1849 1903 ‘No. 77’ Mark of Broad Arrow xi. 166 Your ‘Auto~leyne’ cares little about a ‘drag’ (three months), a sixer (a ‘carpet’ it is generally called), or a ‘stretch’.] 1849 Session Papers 1 Feb. 324 The prisoner said he should not mind if he got off with a sixer—that means six months' imprisonment. 1869 Temple Bar Apr. 75 The next bit I did was a ‘sixer’. 1887 J. W. Horsley Jottings from Jail i. 23 Neddie, from City Road, smugged for attempt up the Grove, expects a sixer..and is reconciling himself to an absence from his oriental home for half a year. 1900 Daily News 6 Nov. 9/1 The prisoner..said, ‘It don't matter whether I get a sixer or a stretch’. 1926 J. Black You can't Win xii. 161 We'll both get a ‘sixer’ in the morning if we go in front of the judge. 1955 D. W. Maurer in Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. No. 24. 151 Maybe he will get off with a bit..or a sixer, which is six months in jail. b. A sixth term of imprisonment. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [noun] > sentence or term of > a sixth term of sixer1872 1872 Daily News 27 Apr. 3/4 They announced that they were in for a ‘fiver’ or a ‘sixer’, according to the number of their visits to a particular gaol. c. A six-ounce loaf. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > loaf > [noun] > loaves of specific weight peck-loafa1627 quartern loaf?1711 assize loaf1762 prized loaf1762 quartern1843 four-pounder1855 sixer1877 1877 W. H. Thomson Five Years' Penal Servitude iii He keeps a sharp eye on that man to see he does not ‘filch’ a ‘sixer’, as the six ounce loaf served with dinner, is called. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 29 Nov. 3/1 The ‘sixers’ of old..had become eight-ounce loaves for men. d. Six strokes of the cane administered as punishment in school. Cf. six of the best at best adj., n.¹, and adv. Phrases 3d(b)(ii). ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > six strokes of cane sixer1927 1927 Chambers's Jrnl. 10 Sept. 645/2 About a dozen boys..ranged up in front of the Doctor, who, stepping off his pedestal, administered a ‘sixer’ to each of the culprits with a long and stout cane. 1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds ii. 29 They all got sixers, but Meggie was terribly upset because she thought she ought to have been the only one punished. 3. A Brownie Guide or Cub Scout in charge of a six. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > specific societies or organizations > [noun] > specific youth organizations > members of scouts or guides Boy Scout1908 patrol leader1908 scout1908 scoutmaster1908 tenderfoot1908 captain1909 Girl Guide1909 Girl Scout1909 lieutenant1909 pathfinder1911 sea scout1911 rosebud1914 brownie1916 sixer1916 tenderpad1916 Brown Owl1918 rover1918 Rover Scout1918 ranger1920 tawny owl1921 Cub1922 Akela1924 scouter1930 Guider1931 den mother1936 Queen's Guide1946 Queen's Scout1952 Venture Scout1966 Beaver1975 skipper1986 1916 R. Baden-Powell Wolf Cub's Handbk. iii. 216 The average Cub when promoted to Sixer does not carry so much authority. 1920 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Brownies ii. 11 The Brownies are divided into parties of six; each ‘Six’ is under the leader who is called a ‘Sixer’. 1965 G. McInnes Road to Gundagai x. 161 I was promoted to be Sixer of the Whites. 1978 Lochaber News 31 Mar. 7/5 On Thursday, March 23 the sixers and seconds went to Raigmore Hospital to present a cheque to Dr John Burton for the kidney unit at the hospital. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1849
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