a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970
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The book costs sixpence. 这本书价值六便士。
Wages were sixpence a week within living memory. 周工资为六便士的年代,人们记忆犹新。
On him way to the sweet shop, he dropped his sixpence and it rolled along the pavement and then disappeared down a drain. 他在去糖果店的路上,把钱掉到地上了,硬币沿着人行道滚动,掉进阴沟里去了。