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单词 fipenny
释义

fipenny

English

Alternative forms

  • fippenny

Etymology

Contraction of fivepenny.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɪpəni/

Noun

fipenny (plural fipennies)

  1. (now historical) A fivepenny; a fivepenny bit.
    • 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 13:
      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.
  2. (slang) A flick-knife.
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