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Sixsmith

Sixsmith proper noun: a surname originating as an occupation for a person who made sickles.

Proper noun

Sixsmith

  1. A surname originating as an occupation for a person who made sickles.
    • 'Mr Grimaldi,' fills in Smoke, 'what I believe Fay has too much tact to spit out and say is this: the Rey woman might be imagining we rubbed out Dr Sixsmith.'2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN

Questions about Sixsmith

What does Sixsmith mean?
Sixsmith means a surname originating as an occupation for a person who made sickles.
What part of speech is Sixsmith?
Sixsmith is a proper noun.

Words near Sixsmith in the dictionary

  1. sixplex
  2. sixplexes
  3. sixscore
  4. sixshooter
  5. sixshooters
  6. Sixsmith
  7. sixsome
  8. sixsomes
  9. sixt
  10. sixte
  11. sixteen

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