fip|pen|ny bit

fip|pen|ny bit: fip|pen|ny bit «FIHP uh nee, FIHP nee»,

1. = fivepence. (Cf. ↑fivepence)

2. the name formerly used in Pennsylvania and several southern states for the Spanish half real, a silver coin then worth about 6 cents.

╂[American English, variant pronunciation of fivepenny 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
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