Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sixpence"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sixpence \Six"pence\, n.; pl. {Sixpences}.
An English silver coin of the value of six pennies; half a
shilling, or about twelve cents.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sixpence
n : a small British coin worth six pennies; not minted since
1970 [syn: {tanner}]
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