subs. (Eton).—A playing field.
1864. B. HEMYNG, Eton School Days, vi. If you are not in SIXPENNY after twelve, I will do my best to give you a hiding wherever I meet you.
Adj. (old).—Cheap; mean; worthless: generic. Hence SIXPENNY STRIKERS = petty footpads.
1598. SHAKESPEARE, 1 Henry IV., ii. 1, 82. I am joined with no foot-land rakers, no long-staff SIXPENNY strikers.
1605. The London Prodigal, v. 1. I’ll not let a SIXPENNY purse escape me.
c. 1619. MASSINGER, &c., The City Madam, iii. 1.
| I know them, swaggering, suburbian roarers, | |
| SIXPENNY truckers. |
