sixpence
pronunciation
How to pronounce sixpence in British English:
UK [ˈsɪkspəns]
How to pronounce sixpence in American English:
US [ˈsɪkspəns]
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- Noun:
- a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970
Word Origin
- sixpence (n.)
- late 14c., "sum of six pennies," from six + pence. As a specific British coin, from 1590s. Sixpenny (adj.) had a figurative sense "paltry, cheap, petty, worthless" by 1560s; sixpenny nails (early 15c.) cost so much per hundred.
Example
- 1. Would you mind giving me the sixpence in copper ?
- 2. Will you sing a song of sixpence with me .
- 3. On him way to the sweet shop , he dropped his sixpence and it rolled along the pavement and then disappeared down a drain .
- 4. For sixpence a line , I could cause a riot in a nunnery .
- 5. Very few of the sixpence I have given him found their way there .