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Definition: Sixpenny |
SixpennyAdjective1. Costing 6 cents (United States) or 6 pence (Britain). 2. Of trifling worth. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sixpenny" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1598. (references) |
Synonyms: SixpennySynonyms: threepenny (adj), tuppeny (adj), two-a-penny (adj), twopenny (adj), twopenny-halfpenny (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Sixpenny |
| English words defined with "sixpenny": sixpenny nail. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Sixpenny Corner (1955) | |
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| "Sixpenny" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 90.91% of the time. "Sixpenny" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 90.91% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Noun (proper) | 9.09% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 11 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "sixpenny": a sixpenny piece ♦ sixpenny nail. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "sixpenny": sixpenny-sized. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "sixpenny"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | έξι πένων, ευθηνόσ (inexpensive, two-penny). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ixpennysay o piesã de şase penny (a sixpenny piece). (various references) de tres al cuarto, de de seis peniques. (various references) värd sex pence. (various references) ซึ่งเป็นเหรียญหกเพนนีของอังกฤษ. (various references) шестипенсовик (bender, sixpence, tanner), вартістю шість пенсів, дешевий (cheap, jitney, nickel and dime, pinchbeck, twopenny, utility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "sixpenny" (pronounced 'Six"pen`ny'): Agrotechny, Alleghany, Averpenny, Brimstony, Cacotechny, Colophany, Colophony, Counter-compony, Get-penny, Hemicrany, Lickpenny, Mnemotechny, Nymphomany, Onomatechny, Orangetawny, Pickaninny, Pickpenny, Pinchpenny, Pyrotechny, Scrapepenny. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-n-n-p-s-x-y" | |
-1 letter: spinney. | |
-2 letters: pennis, pyxies, spinny. | |
-3 letters: nines, nixes, peins, penis, penni, penny, pines, piney, pinny, pixes, pyins, pyxes, pyxie, pyxis, snipe, spine, spiny, yipes. | |
-4 letters: espy, inns, nine, nips, nixe, nixy, pein, pens, pies, pine, pins, piny, pixy, pyes, pyin, sexy, sine, sipe, snip, snye, spin, syne, yens, yins, yipe, yips. | |
-5 letters: ens, inn, ins. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-n-n-p-s-x-y" | |
+4 letters: expansionary. | |
+5 letters: hypoxanthines, inexpensively. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 69 78 70 65 6E 6E 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .. -..- .--. . -. -. -.--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101001 01111000 01110000 01100101 01101110 01101110 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S i x p e n n y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0069 0078 0070 0065 006E 006E 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5375908271808091 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greacã, griego, grek, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, român, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, español, spanska språk, spansk, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, шведська мова, шведський |
Thai | พจนานุกรม | Ταϊλανδός· Ταϊλανδέζος, tailandés, thailändare, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย, Та"ць, Тайська Мова, Тайський |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ucrainean, ucranio, ukrainare, український, українець |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, englezesc, inglés, engelsk, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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