sixpennyworth
(sɪksˈpɛnɪwɜːθ)
Also sixpenn'orth (sɪksˈpɛnəθ), sixpennorth.
[f. six a. + penny + worth n.]
As much as is worth sixpence; an amount which is or may be bought for sixpence.
| c 1450 Godstow Reg. 502 Sixe peny worthe of yerely rente. 1711 Swift Jrnl. to Stella 5 Apr., This rain ruins me in coach-hire; I walked away sixpennyworth. 1836–7 Dickens Sk. Boz, Characters viii, Ninety-seven sixpenn'orths of gin-and-water. 1884 Graphic 13 Sept. 278/1 A marvellous Sixpennyworth. 1933 [see bacco, baccy]. |