sixer

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noun

1

A shot in which the ball passes over the boundary without touching the ground, for which the batting team is awarded six runs.

2

A Cub Scout or Brownie who leads a group of six.

Many packs have a sixer's council where the sixers, and sometimes the seconds, meet with Akela and some of the other leaders.

3

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.

4

A six-pack of a beverage.

Well, I'll let you get back to work. I'll swing by later on with a sixer of Melonade!

5

A conker that has won six matches.

The history of 'oners' becoming 'sixers' through successive victories[…]

noun

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A transgender person

noun

1

A player for the 76ers, a team from Philadelphia.

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