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
- : 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.
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