sixer
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sixer¹
Where it comes from
From six + -er.
noun sixers
-
A shot in which the ball passes over the boundary without touching the ground, for which the batting team is awarded six runs.
Similar: six
- 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.
- 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
- 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!
- A conker that has won six matches. The history of 'oners' becoming 'sixers' through successive victories[…]
sixer²
Where it comes from
Calque of Hindi छक्का (chakkā).
noun sixers
- A transgender person
Sixer³
Where it comes from
From six + -er.
noun Sixers
- A player for the 76ers, a team from Philadelphia.
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