- sixpence (n.)
[sixpence 词源字典]
- late 14c., "sum of six pennies," from six + pence. As a specific British coin, from 1590s. Sixpenny (adj.) had a figurative sense "paltry, cheap, petty, worthless" by 1560s; sixpenny nails (early 15c.) cost so much per hundred.[sixpence etymology, sixpence origin, 英语词源]