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sixer

English

Etymology

From six +? -er.

Noun

sixer (plural sixers)

  1. A Cub Scout or Brownie who leads a group of six. Whence also Senior Sixer.
    • 1995, Boy Scouts of Canada. National Council, The Cub Book
      Many packs have a sixer's council where the sixers, and sometimes the seconds, meet with Akela and some of the other leaders.
  2. (slang) A prison sentence of six months
    • 1869, A Merchant. Editor: Frank Henderson, Six Years in the Prisons of England
      The copper knew I did that job, and had me up on suspicion some time after, and gave me a drag (three months) over it. The next bit I did was a 'sixer' (six months), and I escaped from prison in about three weeks after I got it.

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sixes

English

Pronunciation

Noun

sixes

  1. plural of six

sixes pl (plural only)

  1. (poker slang) A pair of sixes.
  2. Short for six of one, half a dozen of the other.

Derived terms

  • at sixes and sevens

Translations

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