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fippenny bit

American  
[fip-uh-nee, fip-nee] / ˈfɪp ə ni, ˈfɪp ni /

noun

  1. the Spanish half real, the value of which was about six cents.

Etymology

Origin of fippenny bit

1795–1805, assimilated variant of five-penny bit

Example Sentences

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I wouldn't give a fippenny bit for a man no other girl wanted.

From A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties by Major, Charles

"You could n't venter nothin' that would n't be to your credit,—I 'll vouch a fippenny bit on that!"

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. by Various

The calomel is a fippenny bit; the goods is four shillin', but I don't suppose she'll want to pay for them.

From A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties by Major, Charles

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