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Definition of sixpenny in English: sixpennyadjective ˈsɪkspəni British attributive Costing or worth six pence, especially before decimalization (1971). Example sentencesExamples - I bought a sixpenny box: Camembert never tasted so good again.
- Elocution became a public and private pursuit as sixpenny manuals such as the Honourable Henry H's book sold thousands of copies.
- Woolworth's was a threepenny and sixpenny store then.
- Toy horse and foot soldiers came in sixpenny or ninepenny boxes.
- Penguin Books began a revolution in publishing with their sixpenny pocket paperbacks, and included in their early lists an edition of Shakespeare.
- She takes out a sixpenny piece and presses it into his warm little palm closing her fingers over the money, her fingers over his.
Definition of sixpenny in US English: sixpennyadjective British attributive Costing or worth six pence, especially before decimalization (1971). Example sentencesExamples - Elocution became a public and private pursuit as sixpenny manuals such as the Honourable Henry H's book sold thousands of copies.
- She takes out a sixpenny piece and presses it into his warm little palm closing her fingers over the money, her fingers over his.
- Toy horse and foot soldiers came in sixpenny or ninepenny boxes.
- Penguin Books began a revolution in publishing with their sixpenny pocket paperbacks, and included in their early lists an edition of Shakespeare.
- I bought a sixpenny box: Camembert never tasted so good again.
- Woolworth's was a threepenny and sixpenny store then.
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