Word.ws English Dictionary

six penny nail

six penny nail is the alternative form of sixpenny nail.

Meaning of sixpenny nail

Noun

sixpenny nail (plural sixpenny nails)

  1. (dated) A nail 2 inches (5.1 centimeters) in length.

Forms of six penny nail

pluralsix penny nails

Questions about six penny nail

What is six penny nail the alternative form of?
Six penny nail is the alternative form of sixpenny nail.

Words near six penny nail in the dictionary

  1. six o'clock swill
  2. six of one, half a dozen of the other
  3. six of the best
  4. six pack
  5. six packs
  6. six penny nail
  7. six penny nails
  8. six perfections
  9. six pointer
  10. six pointers
  11. six senses

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: six penny nail (page history and authors); sixpenny nail (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “six penny nail.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/six_penny_nail. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.