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Webster 1913 Edition


Sixpence

Six′pence

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Noun.
;
pl.
Sixpences
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An English silver coin of the value of six pennies; half a shilling, or about twelve cents.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sixpence

SIX'PENCE

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Noun.
[six and pence.]
1.
An English silver coin of the value of six pennies; half a shilling.
2.
The value of six pennies or half a shilling.

Definition 2024


sixpence

sixpence

English

British sixpence coins struck in 1787.

Noun

sixpence (plural sixpences)

  1. (obsolete, Britain, uncountable) The value of six old pence; half of a shilling; or one-fortieth of a pound sterling.
    Finest apples, sixpence each.
  2. (historical) A former British coin worth sixpence
    Have you got two sixpences for a shilling?

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