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fippenny

fippenny is the alternative form of fipenny.

Meaning of fipenny

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 fippenny

pluralfippennies

Phrases with fippenny

Questions about fippenny

What is fippenny the alternative form of?
Fippenny is the alternative form of fipenny.

Words near fippenny in the dictionary

  1. fipenny
  2. fipexide
  3. fippence
  4. fippences
  5. fippennies
  6. fippenny
  7. fippenny bit
  8. fippenny bits
  9. fipple
  10. fipples
  11. Fipps

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