"mill-sixpence" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mill-sixpences [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mill-sixpence (plural mill-sixpences)
  1. (obsolete) A milled sixpence. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Coins
    Sense id: en-mill-sixpence-en-noun-i4c1U6nG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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