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short sixes

short sixes is the plural of short six.

Meaning of short six

Noun

short six (plural short sixes)

  1. (archaic) A candle weighing one sixth of a pound, about four inches long.

Questions about short sixes

What is short sixes the plural of?
Short sixes is the plural of short six.

Words near short sixes in the dictionary

  1. short shorts
  2. short shrift
  3. short shrifts
  4. short sight
  5. short six
  6. short sixes
  7. short sleeper
  8. short sleepers
  9. short snorter
  10. short snorters
  11. short spar

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