Definition of Sixpences

1. Noun. (plural of sixpence) ¹

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Definition of Sixpences

1. sixpence [n] - See also: sixpence

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sixpences

sixer
sixers
sixes
sixes and nines
sixfold
sixfoldness
sixgill
sixgills
sixies
sixish
sixling
sixmos
sixness
sixpence
sixpences
sixpenny
sixpenny nail
sixscore
sixscores
sixshooter
sixshooters
sixsome
sixsomes
sixte
sixteen
sixteen-penny nail
sixteen hundred
sixteen penny nail
sixteenfold

Literary usage of Sixpences

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

1. The Numismatic Chronicle by Royal Numismatic Society (Great Britain) (1882)
"The sixpences of George II. require revision. I find 1757, plain, ... And the sixpences of 1758 also two varieties of harps, five and six-stringed. ..."

2. A Practical and Elementary Abridgment of the Common Law as Altered and by Charles Petersdorff (1844)
"KB 10 B. $• C. 224. pay the sixpences is to be considered the agent of the ... The note for the sixpences, signed by the attorney only, is insufficient. ..."

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