fippenny bit
[ fip-uh-nee, fip-nee ]
/ ˈfɪp ə ni, ˈfɪp ni /
noun
the Spanish half real, the value of which was about six cents.
Also called
fippenny piece.
Origin of fippenny bit
1795–1805,
Americanism; assimilated variant of
five-penny bit
Words nearby fippenny bit
Example sentences from the Web for fippenny bit
I vote all them that can afford it may give a fippenny-bit apiece, an' say nothing about it to the boys that can't afford it.
Sure, av ye were a raal gentleman ye'd be givin' a fippenny-bit to the gossoon there, that sarved you.
Jack Hinton |Charles James Lever