sixpence

[ siks-puhns ]

/ ˈsɪks pəns /

noun, plural six·pence, six·penc·es for 2.

(used with a singular or plural verb)British. a sum of six pennies.

(used with a singular verb) a cupronickel coin of the United Kingdom, the half of a shilling, formerly equal to six pennies: equal to two and one-half new pence after decimalization in 1971.

Origin of sixpence

First recorded in 1350–1400, sixpence is from Middle English sexe pans. See six, pence

Words nearby sixpence

Six Nations, Six Nations Championship, six o'clock swill, six of one, half a dozen of the other, six-pack, sixpence, sixpenny, six-pointer, six-shooter, Six Sigma, six-spot

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Example sentences from the Web for sixpence

They just turn on a sixpence and go and look for something else.
Hanging Out with Ian McEwan: Full Transcript|The Daily Beast Video|April 14, 2010|DAILY BEAST
He explained that this sixpence was not all, nor the chief part.
The Crofton Boys|Harriet Martineau
Medler the lawyer is not the kind of party to be cheated out of sixpence.
Fenton's Quest|M. E. Braddon
A man who stays out after ten is fined threepence; after eleven the fine is sixpence.
An American at Oxford|John Corbin

Then he gave me sixpence, with which I was much pleased, and we parted good friends.
A Flat Iron for a Farthing|Juliana Horatia Ewing
An' as he send it a very large two an' sixpence piece fasten in the flour.
Jamaican Song and Story|Walter Jekyll

British Dictionary definitions for sixpence

sixpence

/ (ˈsɪkspəns) /

noun

a small British cupronickel coin with a face value of six pennies, worth 2 1/2 (new) pence, not minted since 1970

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	sixpence
释义	sixpence [ siks-puhns ] / ˈsɪks pəns / noun, plural six·pence, six·penc·es for 2. (used with a singular or plural verb)British. a sum of six pennies. (used with a singular verb) a cupronickel coin of the United Kingdom, the half of a shilling, formerly equal to six pennies: equal to two and one-half new pence after decimalization in 1971. Origin of sixpence First recorded in 1350–1400, sixpence is from Middle English sexe pans. See six, pence Words nearby sixpence Six Nations, Six Nations Championship, six o'clock swill, six of one, half a dozen of the other, six-pack, sixpence, sixpenny, six-pointer, six-shooter, Six Sigma, six-spot Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sixpence They just turn on a sixpence and go and look for something else. Hanging Out with Ian McEwan: Full Transcript\|The Daily Beast Video\|April 14, 2010\|DAILY BEAST He explained that this sixpence was not all, nor the chief part. The Crofton Boys\|Harriet Martineau Medler the lawyer is not the kind of party to be cheated out of sixpence. Fenton's Quest\|M. E. Braddon A man who stays out after ten is fined threepence; after eleven the fine is sixpence. An American at Oxford\|John Corbin Then he gave me sixpence, with which I was much pleased, and we parted good friends. A Flat Iron for a Farthing\|Juliana Horatia Ewing An' as he send it a very large two an' sixpence piece fasten in the flour. Jamaican Song and Story\|Walter Jekyll British Dictionary definitions for sixpence sixpence / (ˈsɪkspəns) / noun a small British cupronickel coin with a face value of six pennies, worth 2 1/2 (new) pence, not minted since 1970 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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