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/siks"pen'ee, -peuh nee/, adj.1. of the amount or value of sixpence; costing sixpence.2. of trifling value; cheap; paltry.3. noting a nail 2 in. (5 cm) long. Symbol: 6d[1400-50; late ME; see SIX, -PENNY]
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sixpenny nail — noun a nail 2 inches long • Hypernyms: ↑nail * * * noun Etymology: Middle English sixpeny nail nail costing sixpence per hundred, from sixpeny sixpenny + nail : a nail about 2 inches long … Useful english dictionary
sixpenny — adjective Date: 15th century costing or worth sixpence … New Collegiate Dictionary
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sixpenny — adj. valued at 6 pennies, costing 6 cents; cheap, inexpensive … English contemporary dictionary
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