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mill-sixpence

mill-sixpence noun: a milled sixpence.

Noun

mill-sixpence (plural mill-sixpences)

  1. (obsolete) A milled sixpence.
    • seven groats in mill-sixpencesc. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    • a mill sixpence of my mother's I loved as dearly, and a two-pence I had to spend over and above[…]1621 August 13 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), Ben Jonson, “The Masque of the Gypsies”, in Q. Horatius Flaccus: His Art of Poetry. […], London: […] J[ohn] Okes, for John Benson […]...

Forms of mill-sixpence

pluralmill-sixpences

Questions about mill-sixpence

What does mill-sixpence mean?
Mill-sixpence means a milled sixpence.
What part of speech is mill-sixpence?
Mill-sixpence is a noun.
What is the plural of mill-sixpence?
The plural of mill-sixpence is mill-sixpences.

Words near mill-sixpence in the dictionary

  1. mill-hunky
  2. mill-leat
  3. mill-leats
  4. mill-race
  5. mill-races
  6. mill-sixpence
  7. mill-sixpences
  8. mill-stone
  9. mill-stones
  10. mill-turn
  11. mill-turns

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