Meanings
- not comparableWorth or costing six pennies.
So was the glance of innocent inquiry she cast at Miss Gimblet and her friend, a glance that priced with deadly accuracy their three and sixpenny shoes and their two and elevenpenny blouses.
1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 99 - datednot comparableCheap; worthless.
Synonyms: inexpensive, nickel, junky, two-bit, bargainous, brand X, budget, cheap
plural sixpennies
- A publication costing sixpence.
- A stamp worth sixpence.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCheap; worthless.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveof trifling worth
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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