sixpennyworthn.
/sɪksˈpɛnɪwəːθ/ As much as is worth sixpence; an amount which is or may be bought for sixpence.
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pennyworthOE
halfpennywortha1035
shillingswortha1325
three-halfpennyworthc1440
sixpennyworthc1450
pounds worthc1460
groatsworth1562
penny1564
penny piece1601
threepennyworth1617
piceworth1832
two pennyworth1851
six1871
pounder1895
c1450 Godstow Reg. 502 Sixe peny worthe of yerely rente.
1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 5 Apr. (1948) I. 235 This rain ruins me in coach-hire; I walkt away sixpennyworth.
1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 171 Ninety-seven sixpenn'orths of gin and water.
1884 Graphic 13 Sept. 278/1 A marvellous Sixpennyworth.
1933 ‘G. Orwell’ Down & Out xxvi. 188 [Irish tramp speaking] Dere's sixpennorth o' good baccy here!
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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