fipennyn.

/ˈfɪpəni/

Forms: Also fi'penny, fippen(n)y.

Etymology: Corruption of fivepenny adj.

slang (disused).

(See quots.)

ΚΠ

1802 Port Folio 27 Feb. 6/2 We shall gather fipenny-bits from every parsley bed.

1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 173 Fi'penny, a clasp-knife.

1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang Fipenny (thieves), a clasp knife. The term is in common use in Australia, where it was introduced by the convicts.

Compounds

fipenny bit n. U.S. = fip n.

ΚΠ

1802Fipenny-bit [see main sense].

1836 Southern Literary Messenger 2 455/1 We give the amount of six such volumes then for forty cents—or one of them for very little more than a fi-penny bit.

1843 ‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase xxvii. 253 To lay out even a fippenny-bit must have become a matter for very solemn reflection.

1856 H. B. Stowe Dred I. 235 What do we want to send our girls there, to get fipenny-bit ideas?

fipenny piece n. U.S. = fipenny bit n.

ΚΠ

1840 W. G. Simms Border Beagles (1855) 252 [The boy had] the tempting reward of a fip-penny piece before him.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	fipenny
释义	fipennyn. /ˈfɪpəni/ Forms: Also fi'penny, fippen(n)y. Etymology: Corruption of fivepenny adj. slang (disused). (See quots.) ΚΠ 1802 Port Folio 27 Feb. 6/2 We shall gather fipenny-bits from every parsley bed. 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 173 Fi'penny, a clasp-knife. 1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang Fipenny (thieves), a clasp knife. The term is in common use in Australia, where it was introduced by the convicts. Compounds fipenny bit n. U.S. = fip n. ΚΠ 1802Fipenny-bit [see main sense]. 1836 Southern Literary Messenger 2 455/1 We give the amount of six such volumes then for forty cents—or one of them for very little more than a fi-penny bit. 1843 ‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase xxvii. 253 To lay out even a fippenny-bit must have become a matter for very solemn reflection. 1856 H. B. Stowe Dred I. 235 What do we want to send our girls there, to get fipenny-bit ideas? fipenny piece n. U.S. = fipenny bit n. ΚΠ 1840 W. G. Simms Border Beagles (1855) 252 [The boy had] the tempting reward of a fip-penny piece before him. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1802
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