“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States
SIXPENNY
sixpenny, threepenny, twopenny, tuppeny, two-a-penny, twopenny-halfpenny
(adjective) of trifling worth
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
sixpenny (not comparable)
Worth six pennies.
(dated) Cheap; worthless.
Noun
sixpenny (plural sixpennies)
A publication costing sixpence.
A stamp worth sixpence.
Source: Wiktionary
Six"pen`ny, a.
Definition: Of the value of, or costing, sixpence; as, a sixpenny loaf.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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