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Webster 1913 Edition
Sixpence
Six′pence
,Noun.
pl.
Sixpences
. An English silver coin of the value of six pennies; half a shilling, or about twelve cents.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sixpence
SIX'PENCE
,Noun.
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)
- (obsolete, Britain, uncountable) The value of six old pence; half of a shilling; or one-fortieth of a pound sterling.
- Finest apples, sixpence each.
- (historical) A former British coin worth sixpence
- Have you got two sixpences for a shilling?