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sixpenny

adjective

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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: From six + penny.

  1. Worth or costing six pennies.

    So was the glance of innocent inquiry she cast at Miss Gimblet and her friend, a glance that priced with deadly accuracy their three and sixpenny shoes and their two and elevenpenny blouses.

  2. Cheap; worthless.

noun

Etymology: From six + penny.

  1. A publication costing sixpence.
  2. A stamp worth sixpence.