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sixpence

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sixpence/ˈsɪkspəns/

▶noun Brit.

1 a small coin worth six old pence (2 1/2 p), withdrawn in 1980.

2 the sum of six pence, especially before decimalization (1971).

'sixpence' also found in these Oxford entries:

half-crown - tanner

Forum discussions with the word(s) "sixpence" in the title:

five and sixpence a night
sixpence
Sixpence None The Richer
sixpence the richer
turn on a sixpence
Twopence, threepence, sixpence, shilling
You look like you've lost half a crown and found sixpence
You lose a shilling and find sixpence?

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