a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies not minted since 1970
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sixpence
Give a poor man sixpence, and not a bottle of wine. [ Proverb ]
He that loses his wife and sixpence hath lost a tester. [ Proverb ]
There is not the thickness of a sixpence between good and evil. [ Proverb ]
The miserable man maketh a penny of a farthing, and the liberal of a farthing sixpence. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]
People seldom read a book which is given to them; and few are given. The way to spread a work is to sell it at a low price. No man will send to buy a thing that costs even sixpence without an intention to read it. [ Johnson ]
sixpencein Scrabble®
The word sixpence is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.
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sixpencein Words With Friends™
The word sixpence is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.
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sixpencein them (1 word)
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