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sixpenny

adj · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Worth or costing six pennies.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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2

adj

Meaning 2

Cheap; worthless.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated, not-comparable

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Synonyms: inexpensive, nickel, junky, two-bit, bargainous, brand X, budget, cheap, cheapie, cheapo, cheesy, competitive, economic, economical, el cheapo, low-cost, low-end, low-priced, sixpenny, tinhorn, two a penny, unexpensive, bastardly, blown, cacky, chaffy, cocking, crapalicious, cruddy, cullionly, draffish, draffy, dreckish, drecky, duffing, floccinaucinihilipilificatious, for the birds, fucking, garbagey, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, goodless, ineffectual, invaluable, jabberwocky, mouldy, mucid, naughty, no-account, no good / no-good, nonvaluable, not worth a damn, not worth a dime, not worth a plug nickel, not worth a brass farthing, not worth a cent, not worth a cress, not worth a curse, not worth a Continental, not worth a farthing, not worth hell room, not worth a nickel, not worth a penny, not worth salt, not worth a whistle, nought, of no value, pissass, punk, putid, rubbishly, rubbishy, scabbed, screwy, scummy, shand, shit, shitey, shitstained, shitty-ass, sorry-ass, strawlike, suckworthy, tenth-rate, toshy, trinkety, triobolar, tripy, unappreciated, unvaluable, vain, valueless, worthless, worth nothing, wutless

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A publication costing sixpence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A stamp worth sixpence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

of trifling worth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: threepenny, twopenny, tuppeny, two-a-penny, twopenny-halfpenny

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From six + penny.