Sixpence


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Sixpence

A former coin in the United Kingdom equal in value to 1/40 of one British pound. Sixpence ceased to circulate with the decimalization of the pound in 1971.
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Mills, who has ridden six winners on the Flat, nine over jumps and took part in last year's Fegentri series, said she had been devastated by the incident, which she attributed to a nosebleed she got at the start when she was struck in the face by Celtic Sixpence throwing her head back.
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Many people in those days kept rabbits, so we sold the cuttings as hay for the hutches at another sixpence.
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Haaf A Sixpence is sure to bound along at the head of affairs and has the stamina to stay on late on this stiff track.
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com Median Auction Maiden Stakess aboard the Mick Quinlan-trained Celtic Sixpence (2-1).
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At sixpence per day, a soldier earned little more than 9 pounds per year, which was about a pound more than a servant girl earned, though she too enjoyed accommodation and food.
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Sing a song of sixpence their pockets full of cash, Self-importantMPs cutting quite a dash, Whenthe Leggwas over the bills came inandnow They all blame the newspapers for stirringup the row.
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Subsequently, she choreographed both the Broadway and film productions of "The Music Man," "Marne," and "1776", as well as Broadway tuners including "h'ma LaDouce," "Gigi," "Half a Sixpence," "Goodtime Charley," and "The American Dance Machine.
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