Sixpence

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A coin formerly used in Britain and worth six pennies.
  • n. The sum of six pennies.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A former coin worth six old pence; a tanner.
  • n. The value of six old pence.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An English silver coin of the value of six pennies; half a shilling, or about twelve cents.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An English silver coin of the value of six pence (about 12 cents); half of a shilling.
  • n. The value of six pence, or half a shilling; a slight value: sometimes used attributively.
  • n. In the United States, especially in New York, while the coin was in circulation, a Spanish half-real, of the value of 6¼ cents.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    coin   
    Cross Reference
    pudsey sixpence   
    Form
    on a sixpence   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    kick    tizzy    size   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    shilling    threepence    twopence    ninepence    penny   
     
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