Associations to the word «Sixpenny»

Wiktionary

SIXPENNY, adjective. Worth six pennies.
SIXPENNY, noun. A publication costing sixpence.
SIXPENNY NAIL, noun. (dated) A nail 2 inches (5.1 centimeters) in length.

Dictionary definition

SIXPENNY, adjective. Of trifling worth.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope