As nouns the difference between sixpence and testor
is that sixpence is the value of six old pence; half of a shilling; or one-fortieth of a pound sterling while testor is (obsolete) a teston, a sixpence.
sixpence
English
Noun
(
en noun)
The value of six old pence; half of a shilling; or one-fortieth of a pound sterling.
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(label) A former British coin worth sixpence
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Synonyms
* tanner, lord
Derived terms
* on a sixpence
testor
English
Noun
(obsolete) A teston, a sixpence
References
* 1949', John Dover Wilson (compiler), ' Life in Shakespeare's England. A Book of Elizabethan Prose , Cambridge at the University Press. 1st ed. 1911, 2nd ed. 1913, 8th reprint. In Glossary and Notes