Sixpence

//ˈsɪks.pəns//

Synonyms for "sixpence" (26 found)

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Closest matches (6)

Noun(1 words)

tanner

bob crown dollar farthing groat

Strong matches (7)

guinea lord mite monkey pence

Noun(2 words)

hog lord

Related words (13)

penny plum pony pound quid shilling tanner tuppence

Noun(5 words)

pig sixpenny bit sow's baby tester tizzy

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8 relation types

More general

1 entries

coin

Synonyms

2 entries

lord tanner

Related terms

7 entries

eightpence fivepence fourpence tenpence threepence tuppence twopence

derived

5 entries

look as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence look as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpence mill-sixpence on a sixpence upon a sixpence

derived from

2 entries

pence six

has context

3 entries

british historical united kingdom

is a

1 entries

coin

related to

14 entries

british coin former fourpence half halfpenny minted old pence penny pound sterling shilling threepence twopence value

Translations

1 translations across 1 languages.

Esperanto

1 entries

ses-penco noun (former British coin)

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

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He gave away the shop to make a sixpence.

Source: tatoeba (7632521)

Finest apples, sixpence each.

Source: wiktionary

When the ferry-boat with her wild freight pushed into the stream, nobody cared sixpence for the wasted time but the captain of the craft.

Source: wiktionary

Have you got two sixpences for a shilling?

Source: wiktionary

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