sixpenny
Worth very little
Sixpenny means costing or worth six pence, a small sum in old British currency.
The word survives mainly as an adjective suggesting cheapness or triviality: a sixpenny novel, sixpenny wisdom.
A sixpenny nail is a standard nail size, originally sold for sixpence per hundred.
Stamped metal currency
- shillingFormer British monetary unit
- sterlingPure silver alloy
- poundWeight, strike, or kennel
- farthingQuarter-penny coin
guinea · sovereign · florin · halfpenny · tuppence · threepence · groat · crown
Cheaply ornate and vulgar
- flimsyWeak and easily damaged
- shoddyOf poor craftsmanship
- worthlessLacking any value
- paltryContemptibly meager
trashy · gimcrack · trumpery · tinpot · two-bit · dime-store · bargain-basement · cheap
Of a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- antiqueOld valued collectible
- vintageQuality from past eras
- collectibleObject worth amassing
relic · artifact · bygone · nostalgic · yesteryear · archaic · heirloom · old-fashioned
coin
Stamped metal currency
farthing · guinea · sovereign · florin · halfpenny · tuppence · threepence · groat · crown · copper
tawdry
Cheaply ornate and vulgar
paltry · trashy · gimcrack · trumpery · tinpot · two-bit · dime-store · bargain-basement · cheap · low-quality
Victorian
Of a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- antiqueOld valued collectible
- vintageQuality from past eras
collectible · relic · artifact · bygone · nostalgic · yesteryear · archaic · heirloom · old-fashioned · pre-decimal
sixpennyvaluable
Worth considerable money
precious · priceless · first-rate · sterling · invaluable