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sixpenny

/siks-pen-ee, -puh-nee/US // ˈsɪksˌpɛn i, -pə ni //UK // (ˈsɪkspənɪ) //

六便士,六分钱,六钱,六分之一

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of the amount or value of sixpence; costing sixpence.
    • : of trifling value; cheap; paltry.
    • : noting a nail 2 inches long. Symbol: 6d

Examples

  • Dreary as it was without, all was comfortable within-doors, and a cheery (one-and-sixpenny) fire crackled in the grate.

  • And, even as the man who chatted to the author of the Sixpenny Guide said, Terry was only a few years before his time.

  • Mr. Richard Chatburn, of Sprutts, issued three and sixpenny cards.

  • Smolletts History of England was published in sixpenny numbers, and had an immediate sale of 20,000 copies.

  • Styles was of the same opinion; but then he was only a member of the "Bull's-eye Bowmen," and Mr. Snuffmore's sixpenny whist club.