fipenny

English

Alternative forms

• fippenny

Etymology

Contraction of fivepenny.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪpəni/

Noun

fipenny (plural fipennies)

1. (now historical) A fivepenny; a fivepenny bit.
   • 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 13:

     On the Ash Wednesday, when we had holiday from school, I trotted into Town on my own and walked into the Old Bank and plonked down on the counter twenty-one Guernsey shillings in pennies and halfpennies and fippennies and francs.

2. (slang) A flick-knife.