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Word entry · 8 letters

sixpence

Best crossword clue

"Old British coin"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈsɪks.pəns/Part of speech nounSorted ceeinpsxStarts with SEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970

Word origin

From six + pence.

Used in a sentence

  • “Finest apples, sixpence each.”
  • “When the ferry-boat with her wild freight pushed into the stream, nobody cared sixpence for the wasted time but the captain of the craft.”
  • “Have you got two sixpences for a shilling?”

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01“Old British coin”8 letters

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