Meaning of sixer | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A shot in which the ball passes over the boundary without touching the ground, for which the batting team is awarded six runs.
   colloquial
2. A transgender person
   India
3. A player for the 76ers, a team from Philadelphia.
   informal
4. A Cub Scout or Brownie who leads a group of six.
5. A prison sentence of six months.
   slang
6. A six-pack of a beverage.
   slang
7. A conker that has won six matches.
   UK

Examples

“Many packs have a sixer's council where the sixers, and sometimes the seconds, meet with Akela and some of the other leaders.”

“1869, A Merchant. Editor: Frank Henderson, Six Years in the Prisons of England The copper knew I did that job, and had me up on suspicion some time after, and gave me a drag (three months) over it. The next bit I did was a 'sixer' (six months), and I escaped from prison in about three weeks after I got it.”

“Well, I'll let you get back to work. I'll swing by later on with a sixer of Melonade!”

“The history of 'oners' becoming 'sixers' through successive victories[…]”

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