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Sixer

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A shot in which the ball passes over the boundary without touching the ground, for which the batting team is awarded six runs. colloquial
  2. 2
    A transgender person India
  3. 3
    A player for the 76ers, a team from Philadelphia. informal
  4. 4
    the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one wordnet
  5. 5
    A Cub Scout or Brownie who leads a group of six.

    "Many packs have a sixer's council where the sixers, and sometimes the seconds, meet with Akela and some of the other leaders."

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  1. 6
    A prison sentence of six months. slang

    "1869, A Merchant. Editor: Frank Henderson, Six Years in the Prisons of England The copper knew I did that job, and had me up on suspicion some time after, and gave me a drag (three months) over it. The next bit I did was a 'sixer' (six months), and I escaped from prison in about three weeks after I got it."

  2. 7
    A six-pack of a beverage. slang

    "Well, I'll let you get back to work. I'll swing by later on with a sixer of Melonade!"

  3. 8
    A conker that has won six matches. UK

    "The history of 'oners' becoming 'sixers' through successive victories[…]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From six + -er.

Etymology 2

Calque of Hindi छक्का (chakkā).

Etymology 3

From six + -er.

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