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fippenny bit
[ fip-uh-nee, fip-nee ]
noun
- the Spanish half real, the value of which was about six cents.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fippenny bit1
1795–1805, Americanism; assimilated variant of five-penny bit
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Example Sentences
I wouldn't give a fippenny bit for a man no other girl wanted.
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I vote all them that can afford it may give a fippenny-bit apiece, an' say nothing about it to the boys that can't afford it.
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You could n't venter nothin' that would n't be to your credit,—I 'll vouch a fippenny bit on that!
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Sure, av ye were a raal gentleman ye'd be givin' a fippenny-bit to the gossoon there, that sarved you.
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The calomel is a fippenny bit; the goods is four shillin', but I don't suppose she'll want to pay for them.
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