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plural sixers
(cricket, colloquial) A shot in which the ball passes over the boundary without touching the ground, for which the batting team is awarded six runs. examples
A Cub Scout or Brownie who leads a group of six. quotations examples
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
(slang) A prison sentence of six months. quotations
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.
1869, A Merchant. Editor: Frank Henderson, Six Years in the Prisons of England
(slang) A six-pack of a beverage. quotations
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)
(India) A transgender person examples