fippencen.
colloquial.
= Five pence.
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society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > specific sums of money > specific amounts of pence
sixpencec1380
twelvepencec1380
twopence1477
sevenpence1558
ninepence1568
twopence halfpenny16..
fippence1607
threepence1607
sicle1720
fourpence1852
fivepence-
1607 R. C. tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders 50 Women gorgeously apparelled, finicall and fine as fippence.
1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 18 As fine as Fippence, you'll give a Groat raking.
1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 13 457 On leaving the lush-crib, we can figure them giving fippence to the drawer.
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