- fippenny bit
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/fip"euh nee, fip"nee/the Spanish half real, the value of which was about six cents. Also called fippenny piece.[1795-1805, Amer.; assimilated var. of FIVE-PENNY BIT]
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Fippenny bit — Fip pen*ny bit (? or ?). [Corruption of five penny bit.] The Spanish half real, or one sixteenth of a dollar, so called in Pennsylvania and the adjacent States. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Note: Before the act of Congress, Feb. 21, 1857, caused the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fippenny bit — noun : a Spanish half real piece : a silver coin worth 1/16 of a Spanish dollar that circulated in the eastern United States before 1857 and passed current for about six cents called also fip, fourpence ha penny, sixpence * * * /fip euh nee, fip… … Useful english dictionary
Picayune — Pic a*yune , n. [From the language of the Caribs.] A small coin of the value of six and a quarter cents. See {Fippenny bit}. [Local, U.S.] [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fip — ˈfip noun ( s) Etymology: by shortening : fippenny bit wouldn t give a fip for any other way of travel S.H.Adams … Useful english dictionary
fourpence ha'penny — noun : fippenny bit … Useful english dictionary
