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Meaning of sixpenny | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Worth or costing six pennies.
    not-comparable
  2. 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.
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See also

sixscore sixt sixteen sixteen hundred sixteenfold sixteenish

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