Sixpence
noun
A British coin worth six pennies used in the past.
He paid a sixpence for a loaf of bread.
Often appears as...
- worth a sixpence
- spend a sixpence
noun
A small amount of money.
I don't have a sixpence to my name.
Often appears as...
- not have a sixpence
- without a sixpence
Usage tips
Idiomatic
noun
A British coin worth six pennies used in the past.
He paid a sixpence for a loaf of bread.
Often appears as...
- worth a sixpence
- spend a sixpence
noun
A small amount of money.
I don't have a sixpence to my name.
Often appears as...
- not have a sixpence
- without a sixpence
Usage tips
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Money
Understand 'sixpence' as old British currency no longer used, similar to shillings and farthings.
Museum displays include a sixpence among other historical coins.
Pro Tip 2/3Children's Rhymes
'Sixpence' appears in traditional nursery rhymes and may represent old customs or superstitions.
Sing a Song of Sixpence, a pocket full of rye.
Pro Tip 3/3Collectible Value
Sixpences can be collectible items; their value might exceed their original worth.
He collects sixpences from different years of minting.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Money
Understand 'sixpence' as old British currency no longer used, similar to shillings and farthings.
Museum displays include a sixpence among other historical coins.
Pro Tip 2/3Children's Rhymes
'Sixpence' appears in traditional nursery rhymes and may represent old customs or superstitions.
Sing a Song of Sixpence, a pocket full of rye.
Pro Tip 3/3Collectible Value
Sixpences can be collectible items; their value might exceed their original worth.
He collects sixpences from different years of minting.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Money
Understand 'sixpence' as old British currency no longer used, similar to shillings and farthings.
Museum displays include a sixpence among other historical coins.
Pro Tip 2/3Children's Rhymes
'Sixpence' appears in traditional nursery rhymes and may represent old customs or superstitions.
Sing a Song of Sixpence, a pocket full of rye.
Pro Tip 3/3Collectible Value
Sixpences can be collectible items; their value might exceed their original worth.
He collects sixpences from different years of minting.
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Wow. It cost sixpence. Isn't that something? The hut is 25 feet by 50 feet, and Barbara's team has just a few hours inside it to complete their mission.
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Wow. It cost sixpence. Isn't that something? The hut is 25 feet by 50 feet, and Barbara's team has just a few hours inside it to complete their mission.
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Quote examples
Michael Korda
English Novelist
When I was a child in England before the war, Christmas pudding always contained at least one shiny new sixpence, and it was considered a sign of great good luck for the new year to find one in your helping of the pudding.
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Jane Welsh Carlyle
Scottish Writer
Homeopathy - an invention of the Father of Lies! I have tried it and found it wanting. I would swallow their whole doles' medicine chest for sixpence, and be sure of finding myself neither better nor worse for it.
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Deborah Meaden
English Businesswoman
My first paid job was leading pony rides along Minehead seafront when I was eight. I probably got paid sixpence - not much but I loved horses and it gave me a great chance to be near them.
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Miriam Margolyes
English Actress
People tend to think I'm funny and fluffy, but I can switch on a sixpence from extreme happiness to utter despair. I'm aware that doesn't make it easy for people sometimes.
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Ian Mckellen
English Actor
I think with Shakespeare you can be required to do absolutely anything at the turn of a sixpence - suddenly you go into a battle, suddenly you utter something passionate.
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James Hogg
Scottish Poet
Without the shepherd's dog, the whole of the open mountainous land in Scotland would not be worth a sixpence.
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William Bligh
British Soldier
Beef also was difficult to be procured and exceedingly poor; the price nearly sixpence farthing per pound.
Quote examples
Michael Korda
English Novelist
When I was a child in England before the war, Christmas pudding always contained at least one shiny new sixpence, and it was considered a sign of great good luck for the new year to find one in your helping of the pudding.
Quote examples
Jane Welsh Carlyle
Scottish Writer
Homeopathy - an invention of the Father of Lies! I have tried it and found it wanting. I would swallow their whole doles' medicine chest for sixpence, and be sure of finding myself neither better nor worse for it.
Quote examples
Deborah Meaden
English Businesswoman
My first paid job was leading pony rides along Minehead seafront when I was eight. I probably got paid sixpence - not much but I loved horses and it gave me a great chance to be near them.
Quote examples
Miriam Margolyes
English Actress
People tend to think I'm funny and fluffy, but I can switch on a sixpence from extreme happiness to utter despair. I'm aware that doesn't make it easy for people sometimes.
Quote examples
Ian Mckellen
English Actor
I think with Shakespeare you can be required to do absolutely anything at the turn of a sixpence - suddenly you go into a battle, suddenly you utter something passionate.
Quote examples
James Hogg
Scottish Poet
Without the shepherd's dog, the whole of the open mountainous land in Scotland would not be worth a sixpence.
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William Bligh
British Soldier
Beef also was difficult to be procured and exceedingly poor; the price nearly sixpence farthing per pound.
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