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单词 sixpence
释义
sixpencesix‧pence /ˈsɪkspəns/ noun [countable, uncountable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Anyway I was given sixpence, fourpence for the papers and tuppence for myself.
  • It costs five shillings and sixpence to go round, and you need an awful lot of those to mend two acres of roof.
  • Sam Fong had contributed three shillings sixpence to the cause.
  • This one had cost him sixpence, a lot out of his ten shillings a week wages, but it was worth it.
  • We will make them work hard for sixpence a day, Though a shilling they deserve if they had their just pay.
  • You're fined sixpence for lip.
  • You bet him sixpence he could not eat a maggot and he promptly swallowed a live one and grabbed your tanner.
word sets
WORD SETS
bob, nounbureau de change, nouncent, nouncentime, nounchange, verbC-note, nouncoin, verbcoinage, nounconvertible, adjectivecrown, nouncurrency, nouncurrency peg, nound., decimalization, noundenomination, nounDeutschmark, noundevalue, verbdime, noundinar, noundollar, noundoubloon, noundough, noundrachma, nounducat, nounexchange rate, nounfarthing, nounfifty, numberfirm, adjectivefiver, nounfive-spot, nounfloat, verbforeign exchange, nounFr, franc, noungold, noungold card, noungroat, nounguilder, nounguinea, nounhalf crown, nounhalf dollar, nounhalfpenny, nounha'penny, nounhard currency, nounkrona, nounkrone, nounKrugerrand, nounlegal tender, nounlira, nounmark, nounmill, nounmint, nounmint, verbmoney, nounmoney supply, nounnickel, nounnote, nounp., paper money, nounparity, nounpence, nounpennies, penny, nounpennyworth, nounpetrodollars, nounpiece, nounquarter, nounquid, nounrand, nounrate of exchange, nounrevalue, verbriyal, nounrouble, nounruble, nounrupee, nounsawbuck, nounshekel, nounshilling, nounsilver, nounsilver dollar, nounsingle, nounsingle currency, nounsixpence, nounsoft currency, nounsovereign, nounsterling, nounstrong, adjectivetenner, nounthreepence, nounthreepenny bit, nountraveller's cheque, nountuppence, nountuppeny, adjectivetwopenny, adjectiveweaken, verbyen, nounyuan, noun
a small silver-coloured coin worth six old pennies, used in Britain in the past
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