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In some senses, sixer is marked as slang, informal, colloquial, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.
sixer
noun 7
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2SIXER + NOUN
melonade
PREP.
on, with
Definitions
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
1
A transgender person
noun
1
A player for the 76ers, a team from Philadelphia.
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Many packs have a sixer's council where the sixers, and sometimes the seconds, meet with Akela and some of the other leaders.
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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. Th
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Well, I'll let you get back to work. I'll swing by later on with a sixer of Melonade!
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