sixpencen.

Brit.

/ˈsɪkspn̩s/, U.S.

/ˈsɪksˌpɛns/,

/ˈsɪkspəns/

Forms: Also Scottish1700s– saxpence.

Etymology: < six adj. + pence n.

1. A sum of money equal in value to six pennies.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > specific sums of money > specific amounts of pence

sixpencec1380

twelvepencec1380

twopence1477

sevenpence1558

ninepence1568

twopence halfpenny16..

fippence1607

threepence1607

sicle1720

fourpence1852

fivepence-

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 36 Wheþer þis be charite to curse a man for sexe pans.

c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 273 I sall pray my moder to gif me vjd & þat I sall giff you.

1486 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 6 For the vnder Clerk vj d for euer.]

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iv. ii. 18 Thus hath hee lost six pence a day, during his life: hee coulde not haue scaped sixe pence a day.

1641 W. Hakewill Libertie of Subj. 70 There shoulde be paid..six pence of the pound upon all other Merchandizes.

1705 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft 38 In hopes of Six pence and their Dinners.

1752 D. Hume Ess. & Treat. (1777) I. 444 Every person in England is computed by some to spend six-pence a day.

1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems 37 That Bible, bought by sixpence weekly sav'd.

1845 C. Dickens Cricket on Hearth ii. 65 As near the real thing as sixpenn'orth of halfpence is to sixpence.

in combination.1780 J. Woodforde Diary 20 June (1924) I. 286 Gave on going—O.I.O. For which you have 6d worth of anything at the Bar.1828 W. Scott Jrnl. 22 Apr. (1941) 229 An extra sixpence worth of snuff.1875 ‘A. R. Hope’ My Schoolboy Friends 76 We bought sixpenceworth of chocolate.

a. Historical. A British silver (subsequently cupro-nickel) coin worth six pennies.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > sixpence

tester1560

half-shilling1561

teston1577

mill sixpence1592

crinklepouch1593

sixpencea1616

testrila1616

piga1640

sice1660

Simon1699

sow's-baby1699

kick1725

cripple1785

grunter1785

tilbury1796

tizzy1804

tanner1811

bender1836

lord of the manor1839

snid1839

sprat1839

fiddler1846

sixpenny bit or piece1897

zac1898

sprasey1905

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. i. 143 Seauen groates in mill-sixpences, and two Edward Shouelboords [1602 Two faire shouell boord shillings] .

1659 London Chanticleers xii. 26 He has got my box of mill'd sixpences and Harry groates.

c1675 R. Cromwell in Eng. Hist. Rev. XIII. 93 As much as will lye upon a sixpence.

1707 R. Sibbald Hist. Inq. Scotland (1739) i. 24 The Size of the late Coin'd English Sixpence.

1759 Philos. Trans. 1758 (Royal Soc.) 50 551 I found the peritonæum..to be of the thickness of a six-pence.

1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family I. 294 Lady Bell protested she had not a six-pence in her pocket.

1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter I. xi. 238 I have no assurance..that Emma Lovell cares one single sixpence about me.

1886 C. E. Pascoe London of To-day (ed. 3) iv. 65 The ‘Zoo’ on Monday,..when a sixpence opens the gate to the neediest.

b. Applied to Spanish coins. In later use U.S.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Spanish coins > silver

sixpence1563

patacon1584

tomin1589

pataca1625

fourpence-halfpenny1723

pistareen1744

1563 in F. J. Furnivall Child-marriages, Divorces, & Ratifications Diocese Chester (1897) 58 Well she remembres he send her a Spanish vj^d.

1818 H. B. Fearon Sketches Amer. 13 A beggar came in, and was relieved with a Spanish silver piece called a six~pence.

1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) Sixpence, the New York name for the Spanish half-real.

1891 S. M. Welch Home Hist. 169 It was common, particularly in New England, to call a sixpence or a half dime, a fip.

c. transferred. Used familiarly as a nickname or designation.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > nickname or additional name > specific

sixpence1600

goody-two-shoes1785

stupid1790

stupe1855

brain1865

1600 T. Nashe Summers Last Will 857 Young sixpence, the best page his master hath, playes a little, and retires.

1898 E. N. Westcott David Harum vii. 60 Ann and Jeff are just the same old sixpences as ever.

d. colloquial. (See first quots.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretions > mucus excreted > [noun]

collop1589

sneezings1607

exsufflation1666

sputum1684

sixpence1773

candle1858

1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote I. iv. vi. 225 Beginning to spit six-pences (as his saying was), he gave hints to Mr. Wildgoose to stop at the first public-house.

1799 T. Beddoes Contrib. Physical & Med. Knowl. 419 Expectoration of a little frothy mucus, such as are vulgarly called sixpences.

1889 A. G. Murdoch Sc. Readings 3rd Ser. 60 See if ye can bring us in half-a-mutchkin, for I'm spittin' white sixpences.

Draft additions June 2022

on (also upon) a sixpence: in a very small space or short distance. Frequently (and earliest) in to turn on (also upon) a sixpence and variants: to turn (or be able to turn) or manoeuvre in a very small space or short distance; (figurative) to change (or be liable to change) position or direction quickly, suddenly, or unexpectedly.Not in North American use, where the equivalent phrase is on a dime (see dime n. Additions).

ΚΠ

1843 Era 26 Nov. 10/2 In the Ashdown Park Stakes, Mr. Palmer's Palestine proved himself a dog of great speed, with the power of turning upon a sixpence.

1876 J. Grant Did she love Him? III. xii. 182 A lovely little craft she is..either on a wind or before a wind, and answers her helm, so that one might turn her round on a sixpence.

1907 Illustr. Sporting & Dramatic News 3 Aug. 956/1 [The bay mare] wheeled, she swerved, answering to the least pressure of knee..; she got up a rush—stopped—turned on a sixpence, and Billy cantered back.

1950 C. S. Blackton in S. C. McCulloch Brit. Humanitarianism ii. 41 The Port Phillip Patriot, a one-time enemy of convictism, spun on a sixpence and endorsed the Wentworth report.

1992 J. Peters & J. Nichol Tornado Down (1993) vi. 46 These massive warships can turn virtually on a sixpence, skidding themselves round in the sea until they are nose-to-nose with attacking aircraft.

2019 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 31 Aug. Anything can happen, as we all know. Life can turn on a sixpence.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	sixpence
释义	sixpencen. Brit. /ˈsɪkspn̩s/, U.S. /ˈsɪksˌpɛns/, /ˈsɪkspəns/ Forms: Also Scottish1700s– saxpence. Etymology: < six adj. + pence n. 1. A sum of money equal in value to six pennies. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > specific sums of money > specific amounts of pence sixpencec1380 twelvepencec1380 twopence1477 sevenpence1558 ninepence1568 twopence halfpenny16.. fippence1607 threepence1607 sicle1720 fourpence1852 fivepence- c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 36 Wheþer þis be charite to curse a man for sexe pans. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 273 I sall pray my moder to gif me vjd & þat I sall giff you. 1486 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 6 For the vnder Clerk vj d for euer.] 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iv. ii. 18 Thus hath hee lost six pence a day, during his life: hee coulde not haue scaped sixe pence a day. View more context for this quotation 1641 W. Hakewill Libertie of Subj. 70 There shoulde be paid..six pence of the pound upon all other Merchandizes. 1705 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft 38 In hopes of Six pence and their Dinners. 1752 D. Hume Ess. & Treat. (1777) I. 444 Every person in England is computed by some to spend six-pence a day. 1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems 37 That Bible, bought by sixpence weekly sav'd. 1845 C. Dickens Cricket on Hearth ii. 65 As near the real thing as sixpenn'orth of halfpence is to sixpence. in combination.1780 J. Woodforde Diary 20 June (1924) I. 286 Gave on going—O.I.O. For which you have 6d worth of anything at the Bar.1828 W. Scott Jrnl. 22 Apr. (1941) 229 An extra sixpence worth of snuff.1875 ‘A. R. Hope’ My Schoolboy Friends 76 We bought sixpenceworth of chocolate. 2. a. Historical. A British silver (subsequently cupro-nickel) coin worth six pennies. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > sixpence tester1560 half-shilling1561 teston1577 mill sixpence1592 crinklepouch1593 sixpencea1616 testrila1616 piga1640 sice1660 Simon1699 sow's-baby1699 kick1725 cripple1785 grunter1785 tilbury1796 tizzy1804 tanner1811 bender1836 lord of the manor1839 snid1839 sprat1839 fiddler1846 sixpenny bit or piece1897 zac1898 sprasey1905 a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. i. 143 Seauen groates in mill-sixpences, and two Edward Shouelboords [1602 Two faire shouell boord shillings] . View more context for this quotation 1659 London Chanticleers xii. 26 He has got my box of mill'd sixpences and Harry groates. c1675 R. Cromwell in Eng. Hist. Rev. XIII. 93 As much as will lye upon a sixpence. 1707 R. Sibbald Hist. Inq. Scotland (1739) i. 24 The Size of the late Coin'd English Sixpence. 1759 Philos. Trans. 1758 (Royal Soc.) 50 551 I found the peritonæum..to be of the thickness of a six-pence. 1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family I. 294 Lady Bell protested she had not a six-pence in her pocket. 1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter I. xi. 238 I have no assurance..that Emma Lovell cares one single sixpence about me. 1886 C. E. Pascoe London of To-day (ed. 3) iv. 65 The ‘Zoo’ on Monday,..when a sixpence opens the gate to the neediest. b. Applied to Spanish coins. In later use U.S. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Spanish coins > silver sixpence1563 patacon1584 tomin1589 pataca1625 fourpence-halfpenny1723 pistareen1744 1563 in F. J. Furnivall Child-marriages, Divorces, & Ratifications Diocese Chester (1897) 58 Well she remembres he send her a Spanish vj^d. 1818 H. B. Fearon Sketches Amer. 13 A beggar came in, and was relieved with a Spanish silver piece called a six~pence. 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) Sixpence, the New York name for the Spanish half-real. 1891 S. M. Welch Home Hist. 169 It was common, particularly in New England, to call a sixpence or a half dime, a fip. c. transferred. Used familiarly as a nickname or designation. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > nickname or additional name > specific sixpence1600 goody-two-shoes1785 stupid1790 stupe1855 brain1865 1600 T. Nashe Summers Last Will 857 Young sixpence, the best page his master hath, playes a little, and retires. 1898 E. N. Westcott David Harum vii. 60 Ann and Jeff are just the same old sixpences as ever. d. colloquial. (See first quots.) ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretions > mucus excreted > [noun] collop1589 sneezings1607 exsufflation1666 sputum1684 sixpence1773 candle1858 1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote I. iv. vi. 225 Beginning to spit six-pences (as his saying was), he gave hints to Mr. Wildgoose to stop at the first public-house. 1799 T. Beddoes Contrib. Physical & Med. Knowl. 419 Expectoration of a little frothy mucus, such as are vulgarly called sixpences. 1889 A. G. Murdoch Sc. Readings 3rd Ser. 60 See if ye can bring us in half-a-mutchkin, for I'm spittin' white sixpences. Draft additions June 2022 on (also upon) a sixpence: in a very small space or short distance. Frequently (and earliest) in to turn on (also upon) a sixpence and variants: to turn (or be able to turn) or manoeuvre in a very small space or short distance; (figurative) to change (or be liable to change) position or direction quickly, suddenly, or unexpectedly.Not in North American use, where the equivalent phrase is on a dime (see dime n. Additions). ΚΠ 1843 Era 26 Nov. 10/2 In the Ashdown Park Stakes, Mr. Palmer's Palestine proved himself a dog of great speed, with the power of turning upon a sixpence. 1876 J. Grant Did she love Him? III. xii. 182 A lovely little craft she is..either on a wind or before a wind, and answers her helm, so that one might turn her round on a sixpence. 1907 Illustr. Sporting & Dramatic News 3 Aug. 956/1 [The bay mare] wheeled, she swerved, answering to the least pressure of knee..; she got up a rush—stopped—turned on a sixpence, and Billy cantered back. 1950 C. S. Blackton in S. C. McCulloch Brit. Humanitarianism ii. 41 The Port Phillip Patriot, a one-time enemy of convictism, spun on a sixpence and endorsed the Wentworth report. 1992 J. Peters & J. Nichol Tornado Down (1993) vi. 46 These massive warships can turn virtually on a sixpence, skidding themselves round in the sea until they are nose-to-nose with attacking aircraft. 2019 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 31 Aug. Anything can happen, as we all know. Life can turn on a sixpence. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1380
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