a coin worth six old pence (2 1/ 2 p), withdrawn in 1980.
the sum of six pence, especially before decimalization (1971).
Phrases
on a sixpence
British informal used to refer to a manoeuvre that can be performed by a moving vehicle or person within a small area or short distance:the car stops on a sixpence
sixpence in other Oxford dictionaries
Definition of sixpence in the US English dictionary
