Meaning of Sixpence | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The value of six old pence; half of a shilling; or one-fortieth of a pound sterling.
   British, Irish, obsolete, uncountable
2. A former British or Irish coin worth six pennies, first minted in 1551.
   countable, historical, uncountable

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Examples

“Finest apples, sixpence each.”

“When the ferry-boat with her wild freight pushed into the stream, nobody cared sixpence for the wasted time but the captain of the craft.”

“Have you got two sixpences for a shilling?”

“"One penny, sir!" He was roused at once from his abstraction; for it was a question to himself whether he had even that in his pocket. Sixpence was, however, discovered; he paid the toll, and passed on.”

“I remember playing card games with my grandfather. Games of memory, not of skill. If I won, he gave me sixpence; if he won, he didn't. We would play until I was bored, or until he ran out of sixpences.”

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