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Meaning of sixpenny | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

Worth or costing six pennies.
not-comparable
Cheap; worthless.
dated, not-comparable

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

sixscore sixt sixteen sixteen hundred sixteenfold sixteenish