"six and two threes" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1962, Christopher John Brennan, Prose",
          "text": "They would fob us off with that and once more make it six and two threes.",
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          "ref": "1982, Dennis Marsden, Workless: an exploration of the social contract between society and the worker",
          "text": "I said, \"Well, it's six and two threes. I get three pound off you here, and I have to work all week for £5 and I get me stamps off, whatever.",
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          "text": "I'll leave it up to you whether you wish to include it; in other words, it's six and two threes.",
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        "Two equivalent choices or situations."
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