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sixpence a small British cupronickel coin with a face value of six pennies, worth 2½ (new) pence, not minted since 1970 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| But the Cat's-meat Man wasn't very rich and he only got sick once a year--at Christmas-time, when he used to give the Doctor sixpence for a bottle of medicine. He held the sixpence in the palm of his hand, and looking at it thoughtfully, spoke to us in English. Mary felt that she could have forgone this display of animal good temper, but seeing that Ralph, for some curious reason, took a pride in the sparrows, she bet him sixpence that he would not succeed. |
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