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

The trip apparently cost sixpence.
People could stay all day for sixpence.
Something old. and a sixpence in her shoe.
At 14 he fought for sixpence and a cup of tea.
It cost one shilling, later reduced to sixpence.
Some sources have said it can turn on a sixpence.
Take the sixpence, you've earned it, and about time, too.
They are larger, and sold for three shillings and sixpence.
For optimum fortune, the sixpence should be in the left shoe.
"They like things to be neat and new, and that sixpence is bent."
It sold for sixpence and was read from Gayndah to Childers to Gympie.
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_."