Lexic.us

2. Noun. (poker slang) A pair of sixes. ¹

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Definition of Sixes

1. six [n] - See also: six

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sixes

Literary usage of Sixes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Second Series of Bibliographical Collections and Notes on Early English by William Carew Hazlitt (1882)
"Table, 6 leaves : Prologue, with commencement of text, a—z in sixes : 9> 6 leaves : A—H in sixes, I in fours, with the familiar large mark on I 4 verso: the ..."

2. Bibliographical Collections and Notes (1474-1700): Third and Final Series by William Carew Hazlitt (1892)
"Folio, A—E in sixes, E 6 with the device. De termino Trinitatis . ... Folio, a—b in fours : a—d in sixes : e, 4. These two years appear to have been printed ..."

3. Bibliotheca Spenceriana: Or A Descriptive Catalogue of the Books Printed in by Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1814)
"Two leaves, a to J in sixes: aa to bb in sixes: bb, four leaves: a two. III. aaa to tee in sixes: cce four: Aaa to Bbb in sixes: Ccc four: JD BD to Jii in ..."

4. Bibliotheca Spenceriana: Or A Descriptive Catalogue of the Books Printed in by Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1814)
"3I«i in fours—recommencing with a and extending to p in sixes; p having eight. Then A to F in sixes. F only four. IV. a to J in sixes: aa to pp in sixes ..."

5. Bibliographical Collections and Notes (1474-1700): Third and Final Series by William Carew Hazlitt (1892)
"Folio, A—D in sixes : E in fours, E 4 with the full-page device. ... Folio, A—D in sixes : Ej 7. De termino Pasche anno iiii. Edwardi iiii. [R. Pynson. ..."

6. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William B. Dana (1870)
"Whether Mr. Boutwell will allow the same principle to be applied to the currency sixes remains to be seen. In the summer of 1868 we believe the department ..."

7. Bibliotheca Grenvilliana by John Thomas Payne, Henry Foss, Thomas Grenville, William Brenchley Rye (1842)
"AAa to ZZz and AAA to XXX all in sixes. (ODD iii. has by mistake only one ... The History of Henry IV. commences with A. eight, В to M in sixes, N. eight. ..."

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