English Explanatory Dictionary

sixpenny bit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Former (pre-decimalisation) British and Irish coins worth six old pennies.

Word forms

sixpenny bit sixpenny bits sixpenny-bit

Synonyms

sixpence

Derived words

have a sixpenny bit up one’s backside
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