1. worth or costing sixpence
Usage: archaic; British
2. cheap or of little value
Usage: archaic

Examples

• He bought a sixpenny nail at the hardware store.
• The sixpenny magazine was popular among working-class readers.
• She dismissed his sixpenny opinions as worthless.
• The old sixpenny coins are now collector’s items.
• They sold sixpenny sweets to children after school.