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