sixpenny

English

Etymology

From six +‎ penny.

Adjective

sixpenny (not comparable)

  1. Worth or costing six pennies.
    • 1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 99:
      So was the glance of innocent inquiry she cast at Miss Gimblet and her friend, a glance that priced with deadly accuracy their three and sixpenny shoes and their two and elevenpenny blouses.
  2. (dated) Cheap; worthless.

Derived terms

Noun

sixpenny (plural sixpennies)

  1. A publication costing sixpence.
  2. A stamp worth sixpence.
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