sixer
nounEtymology From six + -er.
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Ball games, Cricket, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Colloquial A shot in which the ball passes over the boundary without touching the ground, for which the batting team is awarded six runs.
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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.1995, Boy Scouts of Canada. National Council, The Cub Book:
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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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Slang 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!2006 August 14, Michael Chapman; Matthew Chapman, “No Hands On Deck!”, in Homestar Runner, spoken by Bubs (Matthew Chapman):
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UK A conker that has won six matches.
- The history of 'oners' becoming 'sixers' through successive victories[…]2005, Benedict Le Vay, Eccentric Britain, page 32:
- Related terms
- grade sixer