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fipenny

UK/ˈfɪpəni/

fipenny noun: a fivepenny; a fivepenny bit.

Noun

fipenny (plural fipennies)

  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.

Forms of fipenny

pluralfipennies
alternative formfippenny

Origin of fipenny

Contraction of fivepenny.

Questions about fipenny

What does fipenny mean?
Fipenny means a fivepenny; a fivepenny bit.
What part of speech is fipenny?
Fipenny is a noun.
How do you pronounce fipenny?
Fipenny is pronounced /ˈfɪpəni/ (UK).
What is the plural of fipenny?
The plural of fipenny is fipennies.

Words near fipenny in the dictionary

  1. Fiote
  2. fip
  3. Fipa
  4. fipamezole
  5. fipennies
  6. fipenny
  7. fipexide
  8. fippence
  9. fippences
  10. fippennies
  11. fippenny

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