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finnies

finnies is the plural of finny.

Meaning of finny

Noun

finny (plural finnies)

  1. (UK, slang) A five-pound (£5) note; the sum of five pounds.
    • I passed a good many in drapers’ shops, also at tailors’ shops. I never tried jewellers, they’re reckoned too good judges. The notes were all finnies, (5l. notes), and a good imitation.1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861
    Synonyms:
    fin, fiver

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Proper noun capitalized: Finnies

Finnies

  1. (plural) plural of Finnie

Questions about finnies

What is finnies the plural of?
Finnies is the plural of finny.
What part of speech is finnies?
Finnies is a proper noun.

Words near finnies in the dictionary

  1. finnicky
  2. Finnie
  3. finnie haddie
  4. finnie haddies
  5. finnier
  6. finnies
  7. finniest
  8. Finnieston
  9. finnif
  10. finniff
  11. finniffs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: finnies (page history and authors); Finnies (page history and authors); finny (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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