- The
British sixpence (/ˈsɪkspəns/) piece,
sometimes known as a
tanner or
sixpenny bit, was a
denomination of
sterling coinage worth 1⁄40 of a
pound or...
- "The
mills of God
grind slowly, but they
grind exceeding small," he said,
somewhat impressively. — W.
Somerset Maugham, "The Moon and
Sixpence" (1919)...
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inflation reduced their value. An old
value of 7 pounds, 10 shillings, and
sixpence,
abbreviated £7 10/6 or £7:10s:6d,
became £7.521/2p.
Amounts with a number...
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Donut and a
Dream (Paramount, 1972)
Louis and the
Mills Brothers (MCA Coral, 1973) Half a
Sixpence with
Count Basie (Vogue, 1973) Opus One (Rediffusion...
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Donut and a
Dream (Paramount, 1972)
Louis and the
Mills Brothers (MCA Coral, 1973) Half a
Sixpence with
Count Basie (Vogue, 1973) Opus One (Rediffusion...
- New
Zealand sixpence is a coin of the New
Zealand pound issued from 1933 to 1965.
Equal to
twice a
threepence or half a shilling, the
sixpence was one of...
- the
Likely Lads?,
began its run,
Bolam appeared in
films such as Half a
Sixpence (1967),
Otley (1969), and O
Lucky Man! (1973). The
revived series, chronicling...
-
received sixpence without a
request for change, and they gave it the
nickname "joey".
There was also
confusion between the
groat and the
sixpence. In 1845...
- Theatre, 1962, with
Trevor Howard); the
original production of Half a
Sixpence (Cambridge Theatre, 1963, with
Tommy Steele); and The
Platinum Cat (Wyndham's...
- the
sinister female henchman in
Michael Paraskos's
novel In
Search of
Sixpence. On the
American sketch-comedy
series Sa****ay
Night Live,
Merkel has been...
