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sixpennyworth|sɪksˈpɛnɪwɜːθ|
Also sixpenn'orth |sɪksˈpɛnəθ|, sixpennorth.
[f. six a. + penny + worth n.]
As much as is worth sixpence; an amount which is or may be bought for sixpence.
c1450Godstow Reg. 502 Sixe peny worthe of yerely rente. 1711Swift Jrnl. to Stella 5 Apr., This rain ruins me in coach-hire; I walked away sixpennyworth. 1836–7Dickens Sk. Boz, Characters viii, Ninety-seven sixpenn'orths of gin-and-water. 1884Graphic 13 Sept. 278/1 A marvellous Sixpennyworth. 1933[see bacco, baccy]. |