Definition of sixpence

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Sixpence (n.) An English silver coin of the value of six pennies; half a shilling, or about twelve cents..

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Mill-sixpence :: Mill-sixpence (n.) A milled sixpence; -- the sixpence being one of the first English coins milled (1561).
Sixpence :: Sixpence (n.) An English silver coin of the value of six pennies; half a shilling, or about twelve cents..
Teston :: Teston (n.) A tester; a sixpence.
Testern :: Testern (n.) A sixpence; a tester.
Tester :: Tester (n.) An old French silver coin, originally of the value of about eighteen pence, subsequently reduced to ninepence, and later to sixpence, sterling. Hence, in modern English slang, a sixpence; -- often contracted to tizzy. Called also teston..
Testone :: Testone (n.) A silver coin of Portugal, worth about sixpence sterling, or about eleven cents..
Sixpences :: Sixpences (pl. ) of Sixpenc.
Bender :: Bender (n.) A sixpence.
Sixpenny :: Sixpenny (a.) Of the value of, or costing, sixpence; as, a sixpenny loaf..
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