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Meanings of worth sixpence in English

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Usage of worth sixpence in English
1
If yer worth sixpence of a decent person's money, yer can do that!
Funeral in Blue
2
He once told Landor that all of Scott's poetry together was not worth sixpence.
Brief History of English and American Literature
3
It's worth sixpence to see you, it is.
Beatrice
4
Without the shepherd's dog, the whole of the mountainous land in Scotland would not be worth sixpence.
Stories of Animal Sagacity
5
The donkey's day was worth sixpence.
A Walk from London to John O'Groat's / With Notes by the Way
6
To show the motives, who has heard of a man running away with a woman not worth sixpence?
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12)
7
The ruins were not worth sixpence altogether to look at, but I gave him sixpence as a tribute to genius.
The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland
8
Waldron said that he did not think it was worth sixpence to go, and Rollo said that he did not care much about going.
Rollo in Scotland
9
'It is not worth sixpence, and it is no good to me!'
The Pink Fairy Book
10
"Yes," broke in Rosamond, "but nothing would induce a woman worth sixpence to take the law against her husband."
The Three Brides
11
"It'll be worth sixpence."
Crome Yellow
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Worth sixpence across language varieties
United Kingdom
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