fipn.

/fɪp/

Etymology: short for fipenny bit.

U.S.

(See quot. 1860.)

ΚΠ

1822 Philad. Freeman's Jrnl. 5 Sept. A dispute now commenced between two persons respecting some cents and a ‘fip’..: one asserting that there were two ‘fips’, and the other that there was but one.

1833 in Indiana Mag. Hist. (1919) XV. 244 He would not let us pass through the fense without a ‘fip’, that is 4½ cents.

1838 J. C. Neal Charcoal Sketches 204 Give us a fip's worth of sheet and a 'levy's worth of blanket.

1845 S. Judd Margaret ii. vii. 313 I havn't hardly a hair left to my hide, or a pewter fip in my pocket.

1860 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) Fippenny Bit, or contracted, Fip, fivepence. In Pennsylvania, and several of the Southern States, the vulgar name for the Spanish half-real.

1876 T. Hill True Order Stud. (1878) 49 The..fips and eleven-penny bits of fifty years ago.

Derivatives

ˈfipsworth n. as much as may be bought or sold for a ‘fip’.

ΚΠ

1844 M. F. Maury Let. 23 June in D. F. M. Corbin Life M. F. Maury (1888) 48 If nonsense will sell at all, I am sure you have here three fipsworth of it.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	fip
释义	fipn. /fɪp/ Etymology: short for fipenny bit. U.S. (See quot. 1860.) ΚΠ 1822 Philad. Freeman's Jrnl. 5 Sept. A dispute now commenced between two persons respecting some cents and a ‘fip’..: one asserting that there were two ‘fips’, and the other that there was but one. 1833 in Indiana Mag. Hist. (1919) XV. 244 He would not let us pass through the fense without a ‘fip’, that is 4½ cents. 1838 J. C. Neal Charcoal Sketches 204 Give us a fip's worth of sheet and a 'levy's worth of blanket. 1845 S. Judd Margaret ii. vii. 313 I havn't hardly a hair left to my hide, or a pewter fip in my pocket. 1860 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) Fippenny Bit, or contracted, Fip, fivepence. In Pennsylvania, and several of the Southern States, the vulgar name for the Spanish half-real. 1876 T. Hill True Order Stud. (1878) 49 The..fips and eleven-penny bits of fifty years ago. Derivatives ˈfipsworth n. as much as may be bought or sold for a ‘fip’. ΚΠ 1844 M. F. Maury Let. 23 June in D. F. M. Corbin Life M. F. Maury (1888) 48 If nonsense will sell at all, I am sure you have here three fipsworth of it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1822
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