sixpence

Noun

Meaning

An English silver coin of the value of six pennies; half a shilling, or about twelve cents.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

tanner sixpenny sixpenny bit half-shilling lord bender bob guinea crown penny farthing pfennig pig pittance coin
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Antonyms

big money big bucks bands

Hypernyms

coin

Related terms

fourpence twopence tuppence threepence fivepence eightpence

Phrases with the word

on a sixpence upon a sixpence old sixpence coin worth sixpence

Derivatives

sixpences

Examples

The transfer of three shillings and sixpence a day to every labourer would not increase the quantity of meat in the country. There is not at present enough for all to have a decent share. What would then be the consequence? Thomas Malthus

For a soldier I listed, to grow great in fame. And be shot at for sixpence a day. Charles Dibdin

Reality TV was to me the worst form of entertainment--the modern equivalent of paying sixpence to watch lunatics howling at the wall down at the local madhouse. Jasper Fforde

Sing a song of sixpence. John Fletcher

There is not the thickness of a sixpence between good and evil. English Proverb

He that has lost a wife and sixpence has lost sixpence. Scottish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

sixmo sixness sixpack sixpenny sixpenny bit Sixpenny Handley