Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sixpenny bit

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English

Syllables: six-pen-ny bit
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Former (pre-decimalisation) British and Irish coins worth six old pennies.

Inflected Forms

sixpenny bits (plural) sixpenny-bit (alternative)

Phrases

have a sixpenny bit up one’s backside

Synonyms

sixpence

Questions

What does sixpenny bit mean?: Former (pre-decimalisation) British and Irish coins worth six old pennies.

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