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SIXPENNY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sixpenny mean?
• SIXPENNY (adjective)
The adjective SIXPENNY has 1 sense:
1. of trifling worth
Familiarity information: SIXPENNY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of trifling worth
Synonyms:
sixpenny; threepenny; tuppeny; two-a-penny; twopenny; twopenny-halfpenny
Similar:
cheap; inexpensive (relatively low in price or charging low prices)
Context examples
On being asked by a mild boy (not me) how he would proceed if he did begin to see him do it, he dipped a match into his phosphorus-box on purpose to shed a glare over his reply, and said he would commence by knocking him down with a blow on the forehead from the seven-and-sixpenny ink-bottle that was always on the mantelpiece.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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