sixpenny

Speech parts

1. sixpenny - Noun

2. sixpenny - Adjective

3. sixpenny - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Of the value of, or costing, sixpence; as, a sixpenny loaf.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

threepenny twopenny twopenny-halfpenny tuppeny tanner sixpence cheap inexpensive affordable worthless flashy dime cheesy tatty picayune
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Antonyms

available BIG considerable adapted convenient applicable
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Phrases with the word

sixpenny bit have a sixpenny bit up one's backside

Examples

The pre-decimalisation sixpence, also known as a sixpenny bit or sixpenny piece, was equivalent to 2 1 2 p, but was demonetised in 1980. Source: Internet

The first popular editions (an economical, sixpenny series published by Routledge ) were published in 1883. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

sixness sixpack sixpence sixpenny bit Sixpenny Handley Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge