sixpence

IPA: sˈɪkspˈɛns

(obsolete, Britain, uncountable) The value of six old pence; half of a shilling; or one-fortieth of a pound sterling.
(historical) A former British coin worth sixpence, first minted in 1551.

Examples of "sixpence" in Sentences

"They like things to be neat and new, and that sixpence is bent."
I only know a few words; they call a sixpence a tanner, don't they? '
"A sixpence is a tanner, and a shilling a bob; but what a pony is I don't know."
“A sixpence is a tanner, and a shilling a bob; but what a pony is I don’t know.”
Juries also disliked convicting when the penalty for coining sixpence was the same as the penalty for killing a mother.
He went to a house that he knew of, and offered to chop some wood for sixpence, and with _that sixpence_ he bought the pipes.
"Do you mean thieves 'slang -- cant? no, I don't speak cant, I don't like it, I only know a few words; they call a sixpence a tanner, don't they?"
A YOUNG spendthrift being apprised that he had given a shilling when sixpence would have been enough, remarked that "He knew no difference between a _shilling_ and _sixpence_."