sixpenny

[ siks-pen-ee, -puh-nee ]

/ ˈsɪksˌpɛn i, -pə ni /

of the amount or value of sixpence; costing sixpence.

of trifling value; cheap; paltry.

noting a nail 2 inches (5 cm) long. Symbol: 6d

Origin of sixpenny

1400–50; late Middle English; see six, -penny

sixain, sixer, sixfold, sixmo, sixpence, sixpenny, sixte, sixteen, sixteenmo, sixteenpenny, sixteenth

They are discovered in the woods, in a cave, playing whist for sixpenny points.

They and I |Jerome K. Jerome
Towards eight o'clock (the hour at which the lecture was to begin), the sixpenny audience was still pouring in.

The Fallen Leaves |Wilkie Collins
But it looked rather more than a sixpenny pot, so I had a bit more to reduce.

For Fortune and Glory |Lewis Hough
Was the twenty-fourth part of a sixpenny loaf a day sufficient to satisfy her hunger?

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 450 |Various

There will always be some people toWell, you remember Dumas' comparison of the sixpenny and the six-shilling peaches.

The Inner Shrine |Basil King

sixpenny

/ (ˈsɪkspənɪ) /

(prenominal) (of a nail) two inches in length