fipenny

noun — 2 senses

fipenny

noun

UK /ˈfɪpəni/

Etymology Contraction of fivepenny.

1

Historical A fivepenny; a fivepenny bit.

  • On the Ash Wednesday, when we had holiday from school, I trotted into Town on my own and walked into the Old Bank and plonked down on the counter twenty-one Guernsey shillings in pennies and halfpennies and fippennies and francs.1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 13:
2

Slang A flick-knife.

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